The World According to Anna

Name: The World According to Anna
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Jostein Gaarder
ISBN: 9781409160533

Author: Jostein Gaarder, Donald Bartlett

Narrator: Penelope Rawlins

Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 11/12/2015

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Science, Global Warming & Climate Change, Nature

Synopsis

When fifteen-year-old Anna begins receiving messages from another time, her parents take her to the doctor. But he can find nothing wrong with Anna; in fact he believes there may be some truth to what she is seeing.

Anna is haunted by visions of the desolate world of 2082. She sees her great-granddaughter, Nova, in a wasteland peopled by ragged survivors, after animals and plants have died out.

The more Anna sees, the more she realises she must act to prevent the future in her visions becoming real. But can she act quickly enough?

Haunting, gripping and magical, The World According to Anna is a fable for our time.

Read by Penelope Rawlins

(p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

About Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo in 1952. Sophie's World, the first of his books to be published in English, has been translated into sixty languages and has sold over forty million copies. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and children's books, including The Orange Girl, The Christmas Mystery and The Ringmaster's Daughter. He lives in Oslo with his family.

About Penelope Rawlins

As an award winning audiobook narrator, Penelope has voiced over 200 audiobooks and was nominated by Audible for Narrator of the Year. Favourite titles include: Gorilla's in the Mist, The Turn of the Screw, Homeland: Carrie's Run, Homeland:Saul's Game (based on the CBS television series), The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvin Welsh, The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes, Unseen by Karin Slaughter, Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, Hattie B Magical Vet children's series, The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory and The After Wife by Cass Hunter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria on September 24, 2021

S.O.S - Planeta em Perigo Sabiam que? 1. OS SOLOS PADECEM Segundo a ONU, 24% das terras produtivas do mundo estão degradadas, enquanto 168 países sofrem com a desertificação. 2. A VIDA MARINHA SUFOCA Atualmente, existem cerca de 500 zonas mortas no mundo, que cobrem mais de 245 mil quilómetros quadrado......more

Goodreads review by Claire on March 29, 2016

Confused, preachy and incredibly disappointing. 2/5 stars. This review was originally published on my blog here: [URL not allowed] It’s twenty years since Sophie’s World was published. I love that book and have read it a few times. If you ever want to understand the main ideas o......more

Goodreads review by Liz on September 06, 2015

The World According to Anna wasn't quite what I was expecting it has to be said and I do think that perhaps something got lost in translation...but it was an interesting concept. Anna is haunted by visions of a future that is bleak. She believes what she is seeing is real and her parents do get her......more

Goodreads review by Ira on May 12, 2015

Salah satu hasil tangkapan dari stand Mizan di pameran hari jadi kota tercinta :D Dunia Anna. Satu buku lagi dari salah satu pengarang favorit saya. Setelah membaca blurb di belakang buku, saya kira Dunia Anna ceritanya tidak bakalan jauh berbeda dengan karya-karya Jostein Gaarder sebelumnya. Surat d......more

Quotes

the global warming wake-up call is compelling SUNDAY TIMES