The Christmas Mystery
The Christmas Mystery
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The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
THE CHRISTMAS MYSTERY transcends all barriers. We all love a beadtime story and here we have a philosophical meditation wrapped in the simple clothes of a journey across Europe to Bethlehem. The qualities of wonder and enquiry that readers loved in SOPHIE'S WORLD are as strong as ever in this beautiful and mysterious story. This has a metaphysical matrix that brings in God and doctrine in a way that will appeals to believers and non-believers alike. A boy called Joachim acquires a strange old Advent calender - and uncovers from it the story of a girl called Elisabet, who disappeared from her home fifty years earlier. Elisabet has been taken back through time and right across Europe to Palestine, to see the Holy Family in Bethlehem. Two thousand years of history flash by, and angels, shepherds and wise men join her on her joyful pilgrimage. It is Joachim who, through the Advent calendar, makes it possible for her to come home.THE CHRISTMAS MYSTERY transcends all barriers. We all love a beadtime story and here we have a philosophical meditation wrapped in the simple clothes of a journey across Europe to Bethlehem. The qualities of wonder and enquiry that readers loved in SOPHIE'S WORLD are as strong as ever in this beautiful and mysterious story. This has a metaphysical matrix that brings in God and doctrine in a way that will appeals to believers and non-believers alike. A boy called Joachim acquires a strange old Advent calender - and uncovers from it the story of a girl called Elisabet, who disappeared from her home fifty years earlier. Elisabet has been taken back through time and right across Europe to Palestine, to see the Holy Family in Bethlehem. Two thousand years of history flash by, and angels, shepherds and wise men join her on her joyful pilgrimage. It is Joachim who, through the Advent calendar, makes it possible for her to come home.
Sophie's World, an international bestseller that has been translated into more than 50 languages, was written by Jostein Gaarder. In 1952, he was born in Oslo, Norway. He taught high school philosophy for several years before publishing a collection of short stories in 1986 and his first two novels, The Solitaire Mystery and Sophie's World, shortly thereafter, as well as several others since then. He and his family reside in Oslo.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780374123291 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374123292 |
| Title | The Christmas Mystery |
| Author | Jostein Gaarder |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hill & Wang |
| Year published | 1996-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 221 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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