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Jostein Gaarder
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Writing & NarrativeWho is Jostein Gaarder in the Agency editorial?
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian writer, author of Sophie's World, a novel about the history of philosophy. The Agency editorial names him once, in Creative.11, where Thiago Patriota lists Sophie's World among three books he keeps close to his bed.
In short
Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian writer, appears in the Agency editorial in one sentence of Creative.11, the interview of the author, Thiago Patriota. Asked where he found his wealth of ideas and his spiritual riches, the author says he keeps very close to his bed three books that are "the cornerstone of my beliefs": Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, The Bhagavad Gita and a Bible. Gaarder is named only as the author of the first book, and the edition does not comment on him or on the novel.
Key facts
- Where does the Agency editorial name Jostein Gaarder?
- Only in Creative.11, the interview of Thiago Patriota, as the author of Sophie's World.
- What does Creative.11 say about Sophie's World?
- That it is one of three books the author keeps very close to his bed and calls the cornerstone of his beliefs, with The Bhagavad Gita and a Bible.
- Which question prompted the answer?
- The interviewer, Amanda, asks where he found his wealth of ideas and his spiritual riches, and from whom or where he stole them.
Who is Jostein Gaarder?
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian writer, born in 1952, known for Sophie's World, a novel published in 1991 that presents the history of Western philosophy to a teenage girl. These facts come from outside the edition, which gives his name and the title.
How does Jostein Gaarder appear in Creative.11?
In Creative.11 Thiago Patriota answers a question about the source of his ideas and spiritual riches. After speaking of games, cinema and his own spiritual journey, he says he keeps three books very close to his bed, which he calls "the cornerstone of my beliefs": Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, The Bhagavad Gita and a Bible. The edition says nothing more about Gaarder.
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