''Through A Glass, Darkly'' (original Norwegian title: ''I et speil, i en gåte'') is a novel by Norwegian author
Jostein Gaarder
Jostein Gaarder (; born 8 August 1952) is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often ...
published in 1993. An award-winning film adaptation was released in 2008. The title is a phrase from the
First Epistle to the Corinthians, one of the epistles by
Paul the Apostle.
Book
The book won the author the
Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'') is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores.
The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in t ...
for 1993, and has sold more than two million copies worldwide.
[I et speil, i en gåte]
on the Norwegian Film Institute website In 1996, a German translation ''Durch einen Spiegel, in einem dunklen Wort'' won the
Buxtehude Bull award for
youth literature.
Summary
The book describes a series of conversations between Cecilia, a girl lying ill in bed with terminal cancer, and Ariel, an angel who stepped in through her window, on the meaning of life.
Film
The book was adapted to the screen by director
Jesper W. Nielsen in 2008, entitled, like the book, ''I et speil, i en gåte''. Marie Haagenrud played the leading character, Cecilia, and Aksel Hennie played the angel Ariel. The film won the
Amanda Award for the best children's film for 2009.
Amanda Award Winners
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References
External links
I et speil i en gåte
on IMDb
on Norwegian Film Institute
on Variety
Novels by Jostein Gaarder
1993 Norwegian novels
Norwegian novels adapted into films
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