A brand-new 30th anniversary edition of the wildly popular (over fifty million copies in print!), page-turning novel about a young girls exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought.
Jostein GaardersSophies Worldis an exciting coming-of-age novel that thrives on its contradictions. It is a page-turning science fiction adventure as well as a history of Western philosophyfrom the discourses of ancient Greece to debates about the Big Bang.
The games begin when fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen finds two notes in her mailbox. One note asks, Who are you? The other asks, Where does the world come from? From here, with the aid of a devoted but mysterious instructor, Sophie sets off on a fantastic philosophical saga that will take her far beyond her small Norwegian hometown. Letters give way to lectures, questions give way to quests, and the dimensions of Sophies world (as well as our own) grow ever wider, deeper, and richer.
Jostein Gaarderwas born in Oslo, Norway, in 1952. He taught high-school philosophy for several years before publishing a collection of short stories in 1986 and, shortly thereafter, his first two novels,
The Solitaire Mysteryand
Sophie's World, and several others since then. He lives in Oslo with his family.
First, think a beginner's guide to philosophy . . . Next, imagine a fantasy novelsomething like a modern-day version ofThrough the Looking Glass. Meld these disparate genres, and what do you get? Well, what you get is an improbable international bestseller . . . [A] tour de force.
John Elson,Time
This book contains a novel mantra for those days when the world gets in your face.
Entertainment Weekly
A whimsical and ingenious mystery novel that also happens to be a history of philosophy.
Alexander Theroux,The Washington Post Book World
Extraordinary . . . read it for yourself. lC'
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