Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy - Hardcover

Gaarder, Jostein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374266425 ISBN 13: 9780374266424

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994

Synopsis

Finding two thought-inducing philosophical questions in her mailbox, Sophie enrolls in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher, and begins receiving some equally strange letters. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

Wanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning. The truth is far more complicated than she could ever have imagined.

About the Author:

Jostein Gaarder was 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 Mystery and Sophie’s World, and several others since then. He lives in Oslo with his family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0374266425
• ISBN 13: 9780374266424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 403