by Jostein Gaarder · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475968124
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«El món de Sofia» is the novel introducing philosophy by Jostein Gaarder, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (640 pages, in Catalan).
Sofia Amundsen, a fifteen-year-old girl, begins to receive mysterious letters with questions about who she is and where the world comes from. Through them she meets Alberto Knox, a philosophy teacher who accompanies her on a journey through the history of Western thought, from the pre-Socratics to Sartre. The novel combines this introduction to philosophy with a mystery plot and an unpredictable ending.
The novel was originally published in Norwegian in 1991 under the title «Sofies verden». This Catalan edition, in the BUTXACA collection, includes the translation by Ernest Folch Folch.
Aimed at young people and adults who want to start learning about philosophy, as well as those who enjoy novels that make the ideas of great thinkers accessible.
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often utilizes metafiction in his works and constructs stories within stories. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World (1991). It has been translated into 60 languages; there are over 40 million copies in print.
