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Original Title:	Maya
ISBN:	0753811464 (ISBN13: 9780753811467)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Fiji

Maya

Jostein Gaarder

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 3.6 | 4524 Users | 230 Reviews

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Title	:	Maya
Author	:	Jostein Gaarder
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	May 10th 2011 by Phoenix (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Fiction. Philosophy. Fantasy. Novels

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A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; Frank Andersen, a Norwegian evolutionary biologist estranged from his wife Vera; and an enigmatic Spanish couple, Ana and Jose, who are absorbed in their love for each other. Why does Ana bear such a close resemblance to the model for Goya's famous Maja paintings? What is the significance of the Joker as he steps out of his pack of cards? As the action moves from Fiji to Spain, from the present to the past, unfolding further stories within the stories, the novel reveals an astonishing richness and complexity. As bold and imaginative in its sweep as Sophie's World, it shows again that Jostein Gaarder's unique and special gift is to make us wonder at the awe-inspiring mystery of the universe.

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Ratings: 3.6 From 4524 Users | 230 Reviews

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I really loved the first 50 or so pages of Maya, despite the utterly depressing subject matter (acute dread of death). However, once Gaarder introduced a speaking lizard into the book, it went downhill for me. I found the dialogue and plot to be often forced at the service of conveying ideas which were interesting (e.g. different approaches to coping with death and to understanding the creation of our universe, and the probability of existence of some divinity), however overwritten, repetitive.

Either I missed something deeply profound about this, or it really is just a hollow and unsatisfying piece of hand-waving navel-gazing drivel with something in it about a lizard.I suspect the latter.

I have two comments about the book:1) Reading Maya as a philosophy book is a mistake.It is a romance that brings important philosophical reflections, and leads you deeper into questioning why we are here and whether or not there is a purpose for everything that exists. But it is a love story, a story of many 'loves', that includes philosophy throughout as it would be expected of Gaarder. If you are looking for a philosophy book, I would recommend something else. 2) It was, for me, a very good

I'm not sure of my ultimate ideas on fate, but I absolutely believe that some books are meant to be read at specific times in a specific person's life. But you know when you start a book and you're kind of exasperated & frustrated with it, and the back of your mind starts pushing an idea to the front: "Switch books...switch books!"? Sometimes, if you keep reading, it'll turn out that you were meant to read it, right then, right now. And that was my experience with Maya.Talk about a slow

Maya, Jostein GaarderA chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; Frank Andersen, a Norwegian evolutionary biologist estranged from his wife Vera; and an enigmatic Spanish couple, Ana and Jose, who are absorbed in their love for each other. Why does Ana bear such a close resemblance to the model for Goya's famous Maja paintings? What is the

One of the strangest reading experiences I've had in a long time. This book is a mystery inside a mystery - a whole other book inside a book. I wasn't prepared for the questions raised in this book and neither was I prepared for this style of writing, and many times I had to stop and reread parts. I finished this book in two days, when I should have been studying for an exam.The first 100 pages or so do not make sense until you get to to the second half of the book, at which point you find

Maya has a vivid vocabulary and an intriguing plot, but I found it kind of pretentious sometimes and confusing.