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Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder talks about his novel Sophie鈥檚 World, the story of a teenage girl and a philospher.

In this edition of World Book Club on 成人快手 World Service, Jostein Gaarder talks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel Sophie鈥檚 World at The House of Literature, Oslo.

A chart-topping global surprise bestseller Sophie鈥檚 World draws us into the world of the great philosophers through the intriguing character of 14-year-old Sophie and her mysterious teacher. As their relationship develops a story emerges which raises profound questions about the biggest questions of all: where we come from, the origin of the universe and the meaning of life.

The prolific and prize-winning Norwegian writer explains to a room full of his readers how amazed he was by the phenomenal success of the novel and how attached he got to his characters as he created his multi-layered tale.

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53 minutes

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Sun 6 Jul 2014 19:06GMT

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  • Sat 5 Jul 2014 08:06GMT
  • Sun 6 Jul 2014 19:06GMT

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