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Jostein gaarder, born august 8, 1952, oslo, norway, norwegian school teacher and author of books that examined the history of philosophy and religion for an audience of young readers. I believe it to be well written, and i enjoyed how it tied in the deck of cards motif, which was of course reminiscent of the solitaire mystery, also by gaarder. Maya by jostein gaarder book cover, description, publication history. A former professor of philosophy, he now writes full time. To date sophies world has been translated into 64 languages and has sold over 50 million copies. His concepts are so good, and his themes so compelling, that, in this hands of a better fiction writer, he could produce excellent work. Review norwegian novelist jostein gaarder is best known as the author of the enormously popular sophie s world. Jostein gaarder is a norwegian author of several novels, short stories and childrens books. The first edition of the novel was published in 1999, and was written by jostein gaarder. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within stories.
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