num_pages: 482
description: 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. 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.
language: English
title: Sophie's World
titlecomplete: Sophie's World
characters: Jesus, Sofie Amundsen, Cecilia Skotbu, David Hume, Socrates (philosopher), Baruch Spinoza, Sigmund Freud, René Descartes, Plato, St. Augustine, Jorunn, Malaikat Ariel, Aristotle (philosopher), Immanuel Kant, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, George Berkeley
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy, Unfinished, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 252227
places: Norway
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Buxtehuder Bulle, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Premio Bancarella, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, name: دار المنى, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser
category: Jugendbuch, name: Prime Minister of Pakistan's Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Premio San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca
category: Lingua estranxeira
publisher: Orion