Now in large print: Jostein Gaarder on the power of imagination. He is gifted with what many writers run out of - stories. The business thrives: class essays in exchange for sweets, later for female affection. He chooses a career behind the scenes of the literary world and becomes a story seller. His success is overwhelming. One day, however, the idea supplier finds himself entangled in a story that could have come from him. But this time, it is a bitter truth.