Jostein Gaarder
An Unreliable Man
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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 lies and improbable stories. As his addiction to storytelling spirals out of control, he is forced to reconcile his love of language and stories, with the ever more urgent need for human connection - and truth. An Unreliable Man is a moving and thought-provoking novel about loneliness and truth, about how language and storytelling create connections and meaning, and about seeking a place in the world.Decades after his global bestseller So…
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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 lies and improbable stories. As his addiction to storytelling spirals out of control, he is forced to reconcile his love of language and stories, with the ever more urgent need for human connection - and truth. An Unreliable Man is a moving and thought-provoking novel about loneliness and truth, about how language and storytelling create connections and meaning, and about seeking a place in the world.Decades after his global bestseller Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder has written a poignant and funny book for our times - full of life and hope.'A simply wonderful, irresistible book' Daily Telegraph'A unique popular classic' The TimesAn improbable international bestseller . . . [A] tour de force' Time'Extraordinary' Newsweek'Sheer delight' Madeleine L'Engle
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Smalley, Nichola (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4746-0582-3
- EAN: 9781474605823
- Produktnummer: 20447811
- Verlag: Orion
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.6 cm x D2.9 cm 409 g
- Gewicht: 409
Über den Autor
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 60 languages and has sold over 40 million copies. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and children's books.He lives in Oslo with his family.
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