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Biographical note
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.
<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
<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
The international bestseller about life, the universe and everything.
'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 TIMES
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.
'A simply wonderful, irresistible book' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Product details
Biographical note
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.