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SOPHIE’S WORLD: A NOVEL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning?but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
ISBN: 9780374530716
Publisher: FSG
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Author: JOSTEIN GAARDER -
SOPHIE’S WORLD
When 14 year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined. An addictive blend of mystery, philosophy and fantasy, Sophie’s World is an international phenomenon which has been translated into 60 languages and sold more than 40 million copies.On the 20th anniversary of SOPHIE’S WORLD – the world’s bestselling book of 1995 – a striking new edition with a fresh jacket look and a foreword by the author.
ISBN: 9781857992915
AUTHOR: JOSTEIN GAARDER
ISBN: 9781857992915
Publisher: PHOENIX
Subtitle: A NOVEL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Author: JOSTEIN GAARDER -
SOPHIE’S WORLD
The international bestseller about life, the universe and everything.
When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined.
An addictive blend of mystery, philosophy and fantasy, Sophie’s World is an international phenomenon which has been translated into 60 languages and sold more than 40 million copies.
ISBN: 9781474602280
Publisher: W & N
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Author: JOSTEIN GAARDER -
MAYA
ISBN: 0753811464
Publisher: PHOENEX
Subtitle: BY THR AUTHOR OF SOPHIE’S WORLD
Author: JOSTEIN GAARDER -
THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
ISBN: 9780753806739
Publisher: PHOENIX
Subtitle:
Author: JOSTEIN GAARDER