Fifteen-year-old Georg is stunned to receive a long-hidden letter from his father, who died of cancer 11 years before. It's a loving, romantic missive to the future, in which his father not only describes how he met and fell utterly in love with a mysterious woman whom he fondly nicknamed as "The Orange Girl", but also lyrically expresses an intense appreciation for the universe's wonders: common oranges, distant stars, the "great fairytale" in which he feels himself to be living in, and, most especially, little Georg, a son he'll never have a chance to have a conversation with ever again.

I would also like to recommend it to those who have lost a loved one and still need to grieve. I think that this would make a most thoughtful gift to one's Dad. Ultimately, it is the gift of love from a father to his son. "What would you have chosen if you'd have the chance? Would you have elected to live a short span on earth only to be wrenched away from it all, never ever to return? Or would you have said no, thank you? You have only these two choices. Those are the rules. In choosing to live, you also choose to die."

This is a thought-provoking fairy-tale romance imbued with a sense of awe and wonder. "All fairytales have rules, and perhaps it's their rules that actually distinguish one fairytale from another. These rules never need to be understood. They only need to be followed. If not, what they promise won't come true!"

Jostein Gaarder is the author of "Sophie's World", a huge bestseller in over 40 countries and I've long been a fan of his works. One of his trademarks is telling a story within a story, and doing so in a winding, and enthralling way. "Life is short for those who are truly able to understand that one day the entire world would come to a complete end. Not everyone is capable of that. Not everyone has the ability to comprehend what going away for all eternity really implies. There are too many distractions, hour by the hour, minute by the minute, to hinder such an understanding."

Book Details:

Title The Orange Girl
Author Jostein Gaarder
Reviewed By Purplycookie ( )

Nydelig skrevet, utrolig bra. ikke bare for ungdom, filosofisk som bare Jostein Gaarder kan skrive ( )

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