by JosteinGaarder (Author)
'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg Roed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written just before his father died, and a story, 'The Orange Girl'. But 'The Orange Girl' is no ordinary story - it is a riddle from the past and centres around an incident in his father's youth. One day he boarded a tram and was captivated by a beautiful girl standing in the aisle, clutching a huge paper bag of luscious-looking oranges. Suddenly the tram gave a jolt and he stumbled forward, sending the oranges flying in all directions. The girl simply hopped off the tram leaving Georg's father with arms full of oranges. Now, from beyond the grave, he is asking his son to help him finally solve the puzzle of her identity.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: Open Market Ed
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Apr 2005
ISBN 10: 0753818876
ISBN 13: 9780753818879
Book Overview: All of Jostein Gaarder's titles have achieved superb sales in Phoenix paperback. SOPHIE'S WORLD has now sold over a million copies in the UK trade alone This is what Jostein Gaarder does best - a sophisticated fairy tale that can be read by adults and teenagers alike. The perfect crossover novel. Praise for RINGMASTER'S DAUGHTER: 'Beautifully written and as layered as a Kundera novel' Scotsman 'A masterful mixture of fantasy and reality...a simply wonderful read' She magazine 'Gaarder is back on form' The Times