An Unreliable Man, Jostein Gaarder
An Unreliable Man, Jostein Gaarder
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An Unreliable Man

Author: Jostein Gaarder, Nichola Smalley

Narrator: Chris Courtenay

Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2018


Synopsis

From the creative genius of Jostein Gaarder comes a beautiful novel about loneliness and the power of words.

Jakop is a lonely man.

Divorced from his wife, with no friends apart from his constant companion Pelle, he spends his life attending the funerals of people he doesn't know, obscuring his identity in a web of improbable lies.

As his addiction to storytelling spirals out of control, he is forced to reconcile his love of language and stories with the ever more urgent need for human connection.

An Unreliable Man is a moving and thought-provoking novel about loneliness and truth, about seeking a place in the world, and about how language and storytelling give our lives meaning.

Decades after his global bestseller Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder has written a poignant and funny book for our times - full of life and hope.

(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018

About Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo in 1952. Sophie's World, the first of his books to be published in English, has been translated into sixty languages and has sold over forty million copies. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and children's books, including The Orange Girl, The Christmas Mystery and The Ringmaster's Daughter. He lives in Oslo with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nisa

Mind blowiiiingggg...! Kesannya susah sekali diungkapkan, meskipun rasanya banyak sekali yang ingin saya ulas dari buku ini. Kasihan sama Jakop >_< Dari awal "mengerti" tentang kemunculan Pelle pun, rasanya aku tahu sekali seperti apa... (mengingat beberapa tahun belakangan saya pun seorang dalang a......more

Goodreads review by Tatjana

Na momente genijalno! Sviđa mi kako je vajao likove, skoro do perfekcije. Jedino me malo smorila etimologija, to mi je nekako bilo previše, i ne sviđa mi se kako je uklopljeno u priču.......more

Goodreads review by Lizzie

It seems to me that the readers who have left less than favourable reviews are approaching this book (and many others by Gaarder) from the wrong context. He doesn’t write for the same reasons as the majority of ‘novelists’; and, though his books don’t form a ‘series’ as such, they are, nonetheless,......more