About the Author
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 teenage sons. Joss Ackland has had a distinguished acting career on stage, film and in television. Stage successes include Falstaff in Henry IV, both Captain Hook and Mr Darling in Peter Pan, Jorrocks in Jorrocks, Peron in Evita and Frederick in A Little Night Music. His films include White Mischief, The Sicillian and Lethal Weapon. His hundreds of television appearances include most famously CS Lewis in Shadowlands and Alan Holly in First And Last, both of which won Emmy and BAFTA awards. He has been a subject of This Is Your Life and Desert Island Discs.
Book Description
A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; Frank Andersen, a Norwegian evolutionary biologist estranged from his wife Vera; and an enigmatic Spanish couple, Ana and Jose, who are absorbed in their love for each other. Their stories are so strewn with mysteries and illusions that it is hard to say where one ends and the next begins, or if the accounts the characters give of themselves can be believed. Why does Ana bear such a close resemblance to the model for Goya's famous Maja paintings? What is the significance of the Joker as he steps out of his pack of cards? As the action moves from Fiji to Spain, from the present to the past, unfolding further stories within the stories, the novel reveals an astonishing richness and complexity. Maya debates and unravels the questions that give meaning to the lives of the characters – and to our own. At the same time it explores our ideas of the necessity for love. As bold and imaginative in its sweep as Sophie's World, it shows again that Jostein Gaarder's unique and special gift is to make us wonder at the awe-inspiring mystery of the universe.
俄罗斯套娃一般的故事,有三层。 作者乔斯坦•贾德写的整个故事。 约翰•史普克的叙述是“真实”的故事,有关他自己的丧妻、在斐济遇到法兰克和安娜荷西以及最后他们在塞维尔的大团聚。 法兰克的叙述是约翰•史普克写的小说,这个故事比较玄幻,有关他在斐济的经历,以及...
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评分俄罗斯套娃一般的故事,有三层。 作者乔斯坦•贾德写的整个故事。 约翰•史普克的叙述是“真实”的故事,有关他自己的丧妻、在斐济遇到法兰克和安娜荷西以及最后他们在塞维尔的大团聚。 法兰克的叙述是约翰•史普克写的小说,这个故事比较玄幻,有关他在斐济的经历,以及...
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评分“创造一个人要数百亿年时间,而毁灭,只需一瞬间”。当初是继《纸牌的秘密》《苏菲的世界》后再去找贾德的其他作品,开始接触这本。给我带来的最大的感悟是关于“堙灭” 一点点从科普杂志上学来的概念,它不同于“消失”“消灭”,而是一种永恒的不再存在。 在埃莱娜的那不勒...
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