Sophie's World

Synopsis

A brand-new 30th anniversary edition of the wildly popular (over fifty million copies in print!), page-turning novel about a young girl’s exploration of the great philosophical concepts of western thought. Jostein gaarder’s sophie’s world is 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 philosophy―from 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?