<b>A simply wonderful, irresistible book</b>

DAILY TELEGRAPH

A unique popular classic

THE TIMES

<b>A marvellously rich book. </b> Its success boils down to something quite simple - Gaarder's gift for communicating ideas

GUARDIAN

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<b>Remarkable</b> ... What Jostein Gaarder has managed to do is condense 3,000 years of thought into 400 pages; to simplify some extremely complicated arguments without trivialising them ... SOPHIE'S WORLD is <b>an extraordinary achievement</b>

SUNDAY TIMES

Challenging, informative and packed with easily grasped, and imitable, ways of thinking about difficult ideas

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

<b>A whimsical and ingenious mystery novel that also happens to be a history of philosophy </b>... What is admirable in the novel is the utter unpretentiousness of the philosophical lessons ... which manages to deliver Western philosophy in accounts that are crystal clear

WASHINGTON POST

<b>A terrifically entertaining and imaginative story wrapped round its tough, thought-provoking philosophical heart</b>

DAILY MAIL

'A simply wonderful, irresistible book' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A terrifically entertaining and imaginative story wrapped round its tough, thought-provoking philosophical heart' DAILY MAIL'Remarkable ... an extraordinary achievement' SUNDAY TIMESWhen 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.A phenomenal worldwide bestseller, SOPHIE'S WORLD sets out to draw teenagers into the world of Socrates, Descartes, Spinoza, Hegel and all the great philosophers. A brilliantly original and fascinating story with many twists and turns, it raises profound questions about the meaning of life and the origin of the universe.
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A rollercoaster ride through the history of philosophy - and a huge bestseller.
A simply wonderful, irresistible book
A rollercoaster ride through the history of philosophy - and a huge bestseller.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781858815305
Publisert
1998
Utgiver
Vendor
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Vekt
345 gr
Høyde
195 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

JOSTEIN GAARDER was born in Oslo in 1952.
SOPHIE'S WORLD, the first of his books to be published in English, has been translated into 60 languages and has sold over 40 million copies.
He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and children's books.
He lives in Oslo with his family.