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Synopsis
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?
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Review
"What do you believe about the things to which you don't know the answers? This is the central question in Jostein Gaarder's new novel. . . . Gaarder rehearses his characters' positions compellingly and their plight is moving." "Times Literary Supplement""
"First, think a beginner's guide to philosophy . . . Next, imagine a fantasy novel something like a modern-day version of "Through the Looking Glass." Meld these disparate genres, and what do you get? Well, what you get is an improbable international bestseller . . . [A] tour de force." "Time "on "Sophie's World""
From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, two ex-lovers bump into each other after 30 years, sparking a chain of charming philosophical email correspondence--GRAZIA
What do you believe about the things to which you don't know the answers? This is the central question in Jostein Gaarder's new novel... Gaarder rehearses his characters' positions compellingly and their plight is moving--TLS
This latest novel from the Norwegian intellectual and best-selling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD delves into the meaning of our existence, this time taking inspiration from a painting by Renee Magritte, which is the title of the novel ... Both a philosphical study and love story surrounded by a mysterious incident, the novel can be enjoyed on a variety of levels given the simple beauty of the characters' discussions--PRESS ASSOCIATION SYNDICATED REVIEW
Book Description
The new novel from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD
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