¿Tiene el Universo una finalidad concreta? ¿Es el mundo realmente como lo percibimos? Apoyándose en la historia de la evolución, Jostein Gaarder nos guía hasta la solución a estas preguntas filosóficas en una trama llena de suspense y accion, un viaje desde el paraiso natural de las islas Fidji a la España del flamenco y el arte.
Through five intense years in the 1970s, Steinn and Solrunn had a happy life together. Then they suddenly parted ways, for reasons that are unclear to both. In the summer of 2007 they meet again on a balcony of an old wooden hotel by a fjord in western Norway. It is a place they both have fond memories from, and their meeting turns out to be fateful. But is it purely coincidental that they meet at that particular spot at that particular time? Over a couple of weeks that summer they write emails to each other, and it becomes clear that they have been living with very different interpretations of their shared past. THE CASTLE IN THE PYRENEES is both a love story and a novel of ideas, exploring the place of human consciousness in the universe. Its main theme is of great current interest: can scinece explain everything, or does some invisible force influence our lives? Now a dialogue between two world views is reopened, and old love starts to burn again. TCitP is a novel of love as well as of ideas. Are reason and science the only things that can shed light on human existence, or are there also hidden forces that can play tricks on us once in a while?
A partir de la correspondència entre l'Steinn i la Solrun, l'autor ens presenta dues visions del món: una de racional i cientifista i una altra que es basa en l'espiritualitat i la fe. L'Steinn i la Solrun es retroben inesperadament, després de trenta anys de no veure's, i és l'ocasió de reprendre el contacte entre ells. La correspondència per correu electrònic entre els dos personatges ens permetrà conèixer la seva trajectòria vital, l'estrany incident que va desencadenar la seva separació, quan eren joves, i, sobretot, ens submergirà en dues visions del món: una de racional i cientifista, i una altra que es basa en l'espiritualitat i la fe.
Poco antes de cumplir los quince años, la joven Sofía recibe una misteriosa carta anónima con las siguientes preguntas: «¿Quién eres?», «¿De dónde viene el mundo?». Éste es el punto de partida de una
When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller, SOPHIE''S WORLD sets out to draw teenagers into the world of Socrates, Descartes, Spinoza, Hegel and all the great philosophers. A brilliantly original and fascinating story with many twists and turns, it raises profound questions about the meaning of life and the origin of the universe.
Der Weihnachtsklassiker neu illustriert! Joachim mochte gerne einen Adventskalender haben. Doch alle sind ausverkauft - bis auf einen ziemlich alten, handgefertigten, den er und sein Vater im Schaufenster des Buchhandlers entdecken. Zu Hause offnet Joachim das erste Adventskalenderturchen, und ein winziger, eng beschriebener Zettel fallt heraus.Die Geschichte, die er darauf entziffert, erzahlt von einer Reise. Bis Weihnachten gibt es jeden Tag eine Geschichte uber eine Episode dieser Reise. Sie fuhrt zuruck bis nach Bethlehem zur Geburt des Jesuskindes. Mit den Geschichten tun sich taglich neue Ratsel auf. Und wer hat die Zettel im Adventskalender geschrieben? Die Losung findet Joachim erst am 24. Dezember.
Trenta anys després de la publicació d’El món de Sofia, Jostein Gaarder retorna a l’univers de la filosofia i el pensament amb un llibre clarivident sobre la manera com vivim el present, i com aquest
One day, Sophie receives a cryptic letter posing an intriguing question: "Who are you?" A second message soon follows: "Where does the world come from?" It is the beginning of an unusual correspondence between our curious young heroine and her mysterious penpal. As the questions begin to pile up, Sophie is propelled headlong into a startling adventure through the history of Western philosophy. Her search for answers will see her explore each of the major schools of thought, as she tries to uncover the true nature of the letters, her secretive teacher... and, above all, herself! In this witty comics adaptation, ZABUS and NICOBY have reinvented JOSTEIN GAARDER's novel of ideas - a beloved bestseller that has already won the hearts of over 50 million readers around the world - to bring Sophie's charming exploration of meaning and existence to a whole new medium.
Se sabe, aunque la Iglesia siempre ha pasado de puntillas sobre este hecho, que San Agustín, más tarde Padre de la Iglesia latina, tuvo en su juventud una amante que le dio un hijo al que amÛ con pre
