An Unreliable Man
$29.99
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2019
Summary
From the creative genius of Jostein Gaarder, author of modern classic SOPHIE’S WORLD, comes a novel about loneliness and the power of words
Jakop is a lonely man. Divorced from his wife, with no friends apart from his constant companion Pelle, he spends his life attending the funerals of people he doesn’t know, obscuring his identity in a web of improbable lies. As his addiction spirals out of control, he is forced to reconcile his love of language a…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474605830 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474605834 |
| Author: | Jostein Gaarder, Nichola Smalley |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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SOPHIE’S WORLD is set to become a unique popular classic: a wonderfully engaging mystery story that also forms a completely accessible and lucid introduction to philosophy and philosophers - The Times on SOPHIE’S WORLD
A marvellously rich book - Guardian on SOPHIE’S WORLDAn Alice in Wonderland for the 90s … a simply wonderful, irresistible book - Daily Telegraph on SOPHIE’S WORLDA modern fairytale - Heat on THE ORANGE GIRLIt should be read by all - Vogue on THE ORANGE GIRLAbout The Author
Jostein Gaarder
Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo in 1952. Sophie’s World, the first of his books to be published in English, has been translated into sixty languages and has sold over forty million copies. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and children’s books, including The Orange Girl, The Christmas Mystery and The Ringmaster’s Daughter. He lives in Oslo with his family.
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