Through A Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder - ISBN: 9780753806739
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A dying girl, a visiting angel, and one unforgettable Christmas.

Through A Glass, Darkly

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 1999

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Summary

It’s almost Christmas. Cecilia lies sick in bed as her family bustle around her to make her last Christmas as special as possible. Cecilia has cancer. An angel steps through her window. So begins a spirited and engaging series of conversations between Cecelia and her angel. As the sick girl thinks about her life and prepares for her death, she changes subtly, in herself and in her relationships with her family.

Jostein Gaarder is a profoundly optimistic writer, who writes about death …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780753806739
ISBN-10:0753806738
Author:Jostein Gaarder
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 July 1999
Weight:159g
Dimensions:203mm x 173mm x 14mm
About The Author

Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder is the author of Sophie’s World, the bestselling book in the world in 1995. It has been translated into 55 languages and has sold over 30 million copies. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels including The Solitaire Mystery, The Christmas Mystery, Vita Brevis, Through a Glass Darkly, Maya, The Ringmaster’s Daughter, The Orange Girl and The Castle in the Pyrenees. In the UK and Commonwealth alone, his books have sold over 2.5 million copies. He was born in Oslo in 1952 and lives there now with his wife and two sons.

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