Modern Norwegian writer and philosopher Jostein Gorder (b. 1952) became famous as the author of the world bestseller “Sophia's World.” This novel, which tells the history of philosophy in an accessible and entertaining form, was translated in many countries and brought the author a number of prestigious awards. Critics compare Gorder's works to the best works of Henrik Ibsen, Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset. His works, among which the most famous are “The Christmas Mystery”, “Orange Girl”, “Mysterious Solitaire”, “Mirror of Mysteries” and others, raise the most important questions of existence: about the place of man in the world, about death and love, about duty and responsibility. . “Castle in the Pyrenees,” which became a real literary sensation in 2008, is structured as a modern version of the epistolary novel: characters who meet each other by chance after thirty years of separation begin corresponding by email. In their letters they recall the past and the mysterious incident because of which they had to part...