Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder

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Canonical Title

Sophie's World

Original publication date

1991

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Lillesand, Norway

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Awards and honors

Libraires du Québec (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 1996)

Deutscher Jugendliteratur (Jugendbuch, 1997)

Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, No 41)

Epigraph

He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
Goethe

Dedication

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Sophie Amundsen was on her way home from school.

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Deze roman over de geschiedenis van de filosofie is een spannend verhaal, een detective en een filosofie-geschiedenis in één: een intrigerende roman die iedereen zal aanspreken die iets over zichzelf en de wereld om zich heen wil leren.

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