Writer : Jostein Gaarder

Original title : Sirkus direktorens datter

Language : English

Genres : Fantasy Novel

Country : Norwegia

Year : 2001

Pages : 371

I make a review about Jostein Garrder's novel again because I'm so in love with his works. Actually I read this book first then I found Sophie's world. This book is also blowing my mind. His speciallity is telling a story within a story, as in Sophie's world too. They both quiet different, because this book isn't about philosophy or the hidden meaning of  life or something like that. It's about fantasy and someone who traps in his own imagination. 

So here is the summary.

A Norwegian named Petter, who recounts his life since childhood. Petter grows up with single mother and had few friends, although He has an imaginary friend too named the Metre Man (because his height is about a metre). The Metre Man only appears in Petter's head, other people can't see him. That's way I may say Petter has his partly imaginary life. He does possess an overly-imaginative mind. In his age he's a genius child, but unfortunately his genius isn't comparable with his attitude. He sometimes fooling people around. His whole life is become a storry teller. As time goes by, he becomes an adult and sells ideas, stories, and plots to frustated writers. 

One day he meets woman named Maria. She has the same character with Petter, that's way he falls in love with her. They don't want to marry but Maria wants to have child with him. After that she moves to Stockholm. They never see each other again.

Years later, there are rumors spreading in publishing industry. The rumors say that there was a 'spider' who sells ideas to everyone. Petter finds his life in danger so he takes flight to somewhere in Italy for hiding. During that day he meets a woman in Amalfi Coast. He falls in love with her in the first sight. That woman named Beate. In the end they both falls in love with each other. Then Petter starts to telling Beate his stories about the ringmaster's daughter and what a shock! Beate ever heard all of them. Petter shared the stories only with his past lover, Maria. So....... Yeah Petter is Beate's father. 

What makes this book interesting is Petter's stories. I could read many stories in a book! isn't is cool?

This is one of Peter's story:

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