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Through A Glass, Darkly

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Through A Glass, Darkly
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jostein Gaarder
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 173
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780753806739
ClassificationsDewey:839.82374
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date 1 April 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Jostein Gaarder is the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a huge bestseller in over 40 countries. He was born in Oslo in 1952 and lives there now with his wife and two sons.