The Christmas Mystery

jostein gaarder elizabeth rokkan rosemary wells

The author of the critically acclaimed Sophie's World presents a Christmas adventure about a boy who discovers a magical Advent calendar in the corner of a dusty bookstore that takes him on an amazing holiday journey. 75,000 first printing.

Genres christmasfictionfantasychildrensphilosophymysteryyoung adultbook clubcontemporarynovels

221 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1992

Places

halden, kungälv, halmstad, lund, copenhagen, korsør, kolding, flensburg, hamburg, hameln, paderborn, cologne north rhine-westphalia, mainz, worms, basel, martigny, padua veneto, venice, aquileia, trieste, salona, ragusa, shkodër, thessaloniki, chalcedon, myra, tarsus, antioch, damascus, capernaum, tiberias, nazareth, jericho, jerusalem, bethlehem, constantinople, göteborg, norway, sweden, germany, switzerland,

This edition

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 1996 by Farrar Straus \u0026 Giroux
ISBN: 9780374123291
ASIN: 0374123292
Language: English

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Joakim

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Elisabet Hansen

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About the author

jostein gaarder

Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses meta-fiction in his works, writing stories within stories.

Gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled "A Novel about the History of Philosophy." This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are over thirty million copies in print, with three million copies sold in Germany alone.

In 1997, he established the Sophie Prize together with his wife Siri Dannevig. This prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000 = 77,000 €), awarded annually. It is named after the novel.