When Georg discovers the identity of the Orange Girl he begins to understand why his father believed the story was so important.Ī poignant story with contrasting parts – the ‘fairy tale story’ of The Orange Girl and the Hubble Telescope, around which are framed philosophical questions of existence. Georg comes to realise that the Hubble Telescope is a metaphor for his father’s letter to the child he will never see grow up. What does emerge from this short novel, encapsulated in the letter from father to son, is the picture of a young man in love with life and the universe, who learns that he is dying and that his time is running out. Hubble Space Telescope and whether it has revealed any more secrets of the
Also woven into the letter is his father’s curiosity about the
Orange Girl – a mysterious and beautiful young woman he encountered on a tram Georg, the 15-year-old narrator has been given a – ‘letter to the future’ from hisįather, who died when he was four years old. Country of Origin: Norway Orange Girl (The) by Jostein Gaarder
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