Orange Girl / Appelsinpiken / Portakal Kız

Today I am reading "The Orange Girl", latest book of Jostein Gaarder, who is generally known as the author of Sophie's World and The Solitarie Mystery.

At fifteen, Georg comes upon a letter written to him by his dying father, to be read when he is old enough. Their two voices make a fascinating dialogue as Georg gets to know the father he can barely remember and is challenged by him to answer some profound questions. The central mystery of the book is the story of the Orange Girl, the elusive young woman for whom Georg's father searches in Orso and Seville (By the way the book description in Amazon.com (and some other sites) tells who the strange woman is, so if you don't wanna learn it before you read the book; don't read the reviews in Amazon.com. - Damn!)

In the book you'll get lots of usefull information as well as great quotes. ( Hubble for instance) Garrder's story is a modern fairy tale. Gaarder takes the most ordinary happenings and writes about them in a magical way, creating a truly refreshing tale.

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- Amazon.com
- Bhny.com

[Aralarında şimdiye kadar dört konuşma geçmiştir:
Genç kadın: "Seni sersem!" Genç kadın: "Ben de bir portakal alabilir miyim?" Genç adam: "Özür dilerim, özür dilerim!" Ve genç adam: "Sen bir sincapsın."]

["Hayatı seçen ölümü de seçer." Georg, ölümünden 11 yıl sonra babasının kendisine yazmış olduğu uzun bir mektupta zor bir soruyla karşı karşıya kalır. "Eğer sana seçme şansı verselerdi, kısacık hayatın ardından öleceğini bile bile yaşamayı kabul eder miydin?" ]

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