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Through a Glass, Darkly (1993)

by Jostein Gaarder

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Essa é a história de Cecília Skotbu, uma menina que vive intensamente. As coisas que vai aprendendo ela anota num caderninho. Ali ela escreveu, por exemplo: "Nós enxergamos tudo num espelho, obscuramente. Às vezes conseguimos espiar através do espelho e ter uma visão de como são as coisas do outro lado. Se conseguíssemos polir mais esse espelho, veríamos muito mais coisas. Porém não enxergaríamos mais a nós mesmos". Cecília passa quase o tempo todo em seu quarto, deitada na cama. Ela está morrendo. Sua história é uma preparação para a morte e por isso é também um mergulho na vida. Ela morre como quem viaja, prestando atenção em tudo. Através de seu olhar profundo, o outro lado do espelho se torna um pouco mais claro para nós. ( )
  EduardoOliveira | Jun 5, 2012 |
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  BRCSBooks | Sep 21, 2011 |
How does one prepare for one's encroaching death? Do we deny what's looming because we fear the unknown of the hereafter? What do we do with the anger we feel against the helplessness of our situation? Are there angels on grief watches who try to bring comfort to those dying, to ease their fears and help them make take that step towards their next journey?

This is a wonderful philosophical take on religion, the difference between angels and humans (or at least the imagined difference), why God made us the way He did, how He gets to experience the earth that He has created, and where we fit in the Universe.

A young girl is bedridden and dying. Her sorrowful family accede to her every request at Christmas and into her final days. She starts to receive visits from a bald boy when her family aren't around, and he takes her (and us) on a journey of self-discovery and awareness.

This book leaves a lasting impression and is a book I would urge everyone to read, regardless of your religious leaning. ( )
5 vote cameling | Dec 28, 2009 |
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   Joy is a butterfly
Fluttering low over the earth,
   But sorrow is a bird
With big, strong, black wings.
   They lift you high above life
Flowing below in sunlight and growth.
   The bird of sorrow flies high
To where the angels of grief keep watch
   Over death's lair.

Edith Södergran (1892 - 1923)
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when she was sixteen years old)
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They had left the bedroom door open.
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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 with wisdom, compassion and an enquiring mind. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY will not only bring comfort to the bereaved. It will move and amaze everyone who reads it.

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