by Jostein Gaarder · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020550765
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«Le Monde de Sophie» is the philosophical novel by Jostein Gaarder, published by POINTS in paperback (623 pages, in French).
Sophie Amundsen, a fifteen-year-old girl, receives anonymous letters with questions like «Who are you?» and «Where does the world come from?». That mysterious correspondence leads her through the history of Western philosophy as she begins to question her own existence and the nature of reality.
The original work, «Sofies verden», was published in 1991. This French edition appeared in 2002.
For readers who want to start in philosophy through an accessible narrative that has become a contemporary classic.
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.
