by Jostein Gaarder · Carl Hanser Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783446173477
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«Sofies Welt» is Jostein Gaarder's novel about the history of philosophy, published by Carl Hanser Verlag in hardback (613 pages, in German).
The novel follows Sofía, a young woman who receives anonymous letters with philosophical questions; through them she traverses the history of thought, from the pre-Socratics to contemporary philosophy, while the lives of two very different girls and the mystery of who writes the letters intertwine.
Originally published in Norwegian as «Sofies verden» in 1991; the German translation is by Gabriele Haefs. It won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1994.
Intended for young people aged 14 and up and for adult readers who want to approach philosophy in an enjoyable way.
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.
