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But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope.
The Orange Girl ~~~ Jostein Gaarder



The Orange Girl was my introduction to Jostein Gaarder; Thanks to my friend, ST for suggesting Gaarder to me. The Orange Girl was the perfect book to read after finishing Ulysses.

Gaarder is a true romantic and The Orange Girl is as fine a feel good book as there is.



While reading The Orange Girl, you will experience a wide range of emotions ~~ you will laugh, cry, be frustrated, and think WTF Jan Olav??? This beautiful story will definitely affect you in ways you don't quite expect.

The Orange Girl is short, and handsomely written. At a slim 151 pages, Gaarder will take you on a journey thru love, death, family, and quantum mechanics while making you question everything you thought you believed in, but in wonderful, heartfelt ways. At the heart of all this, is a question our hero, Georg, must answer for his father. It maybe the most important question Georg is ever asked.

While on this journey of self discovery with his father, Georg learns about his parents courtship, his roots, synchronicity, and the power of love in all her forms. It is an eye opening journey that should make all of Gaarder's readers question who they are, where they come from and most importantly, to ask thoughtful, probing questions about what they perceive as their reality.

My only real gripe with The Orange Girl is its poor English translation. There were times the translation left me scratching my head wondering why wasn't this proofed better?

Ultimately, I loved The Orange Girl. It is wonderfully written, and well worth your time.