Jostein Gaarder est un auteur norvégien qui écrit souvent du point de vue des enfants, explorant leur émerveillement face au monde. Ses œuvres emploient fréquemment la métafiction, tissant des histoires dans des histoires. Issu d'une famille d'enseignants, Gaarder aborde des questions philosophiques, les présentant souvent à travers des récits captivants. Ses écrits incitent les lecteurs à contempler les complexités du monde et notre place en son sein.
" Même si tu ne risques pas de tomber sur un Martien dans ton jardin, un jour il peut arriver que tu tombes sur toi-même. Le jour où ça t'arrivera, tu pousseras peut-être aussi ton cri d'Indien. Ce serait la moindre des choses, car ce n'est pas tous les jours que l'on prend conscience d'être l'habitant en chair et en os d'une planète qui est une petite île perdue dans l'univers. "
" Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de plus important dans la vie ? Tous les hommes ont évidemment besoin de nourriture. Et aussi d'amour et de tendresse. Mais il y a autre chose dont nous avons tous besoin : c'est de savoir qui nous sommes et pourquoi nous vivons ".
Le mystère de la vie sur Terre, un gecko bavard et philosophe, un étrange couple espagnol, Darwin et la sélection naturelle, le flamenco, Goya et la duchesse d'Albe, la biodiversité, le cœlacanthe, l'île du changement de date... et les 52 cartes du Manifeste. Science et écologie, mais aussi illusions, faux-semblants, trompe-l'œil et poupées russes, tout s'emboîte pour une histoire d'amour entre ailleurs et ici, entre hier et aujourd'hui. Tous ceux qui ont aimé Le Monde de Sophie et Le Mystère de la patience retrouveront avec plaisir l'univers de Jostein Gaarder dans ce roman gigogne.
A Graphic Novel About the History of Philosophy Vol I: From Socrates to Galileo
Bestselling philosophy book is reimagined for the first time as a graphic novel One day, young Sophie finds a letter addressed to her that contains only one question: "Who are you?" Then there's another one asking, "Where does the world come from?" The sender of these letters remains a mystery, but the questions intrigue Sophie. This is the beginning of a strange correspondence that will lead the young girl on a coming-of-age quest to meet major figures of philosophy (Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Hegel, Sartre, etc.). In the first volume, Sophie begins by questioning the philosophers of Antiquity and goes all the way to those of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This is the first of two volumes. In the second volume, she discovers metaphysical doubt while continuing on her way to modern times. This comic book adaptation of Jostein Gaarder's original book breathes new life into a cult classic.
'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg Røed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written just before his father died, and a story, 'The Orange Girl'. But 'The Orange Girl' is no ordinary story - it is a riddle from the past and centres around an incident in his father's youth. One day he boarded a tram and was captivated by a beautiful girl standing in the aisle, clutching a huge paper bag of luscious-looking oranges. Suddenly the tram gave a jolt and he stumbled forward, sending the oranges flying in all directions. The girl simply hopped off the tram leaving Georg's father with arms full of oranges. Now, from beyond the grave, he is asking his son to help him finally solve the puzzle of her identity.
Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he notices an amulet of amber around her neck, the same trinket he had given his own lost child, who was swept away in a torrent some sixteen years earlier. This tale is narrated by Petter, a precocious child and fantasist, and perhaps Jostein Gaarder's most intriguing character since Sophie. As an adult, Petter makes his living selling stories and ideas to professionals suffering from writers block. But as Petter sits spinning his tales, he finds himself in a trap of his own making.
Fifty years ago a girl disappeared from her home in Norway. She ran after a lamb and found herself travelling right across Europe to Palestine, and back through 2000 years to meet the Holy Family in Bethlehem. There she met angels, shepherds, wise men and other biblical characters who joined her on her pilgrimage; and she heard of many of the things that happened in the world in the last 2000 years. In present-day Norway, a boy acquires a strange old Advent calendar. Hidden in each of the windows is a tiny piece of paper. Little by little these pieces unfold the girl's story and as we learn what happened to her, another story is revealed - that of the strange old man who made the calender.
A playful and inventive work from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD.
