Sophie's World Review
Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Sophie's World is a novel by Jostein Gaarder. It was first published in the year of 1991 and written in Norwegian, but since then has been translated into English (1995) and at least 53 other languages. It sold more than 30 million copies and is one of the most successful Norwegian novels outside Norway. Actually, to most readers it serves more as a basic guide to philosophy than a novel. On both sides of the Atlantic, the book is being used as a text in college philosophy courses.
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Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian worldwide author of several novels, short stories and children's books. He was born in 8 August 1952 in Oslo(the captain of Norway) and grown up in a scholar family within his father was a headmaster and mother was a teacher as well as a writer of children’s books. Before being a full-time author in 1991, Gaarder had taught philosophy and literacy program at a high school in Finland for ten years. He wrote Sophie's World to fill a gap. Stores were full of New Age pap and other mystical mush, but there were no books that would introduce young people to serious philosophy. Gaarder wanted to present a simplified history of philosophy that even someone who disliked philosophy would learn to appreciate it. He wanted to stress that philosophy was an everyday part of our lives. By trying to blend fantasy with head-cracking summaries of deep thought, Gaarder feared that he had “sat down between two stools”. But he was mistaken. Sophie's World fell on top of all the stools. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within stories.
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Sophie Amundsen is an ordinary 14-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her mother in an ordinary Norwegian suburb. One day back home from school Sophie gets an anonymous letter in the mailbox containing two
Sophie's World is a novel by Jostein Gaarder. It was first published in the year of 1991 and written in Norwegian, but since then has been translated into English (1995) and at least 53 other languages. It sold more than 30 million copies and is one of the most successful Norwegian novels outside Norway. Actually, to most readers it serves more as a basic guide to philosophy than a novel. On both sides of the Atlantic, the book is being used as a text in college philosophy courses.
Information about the author and his time 20%
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian worldwide author of several novels, short stories and children's books. He was born in 8 August 1952 in Oslo(the captain of Norway) and grown up in a scholar family within his father was a headmaster and mother was a teacher as well as a writer of children’s books. Before being a full-time author in 1991, Gaarder had taught philosophy and literacy program at a high school in Finland for ten years. He wrote Sophie's World to fill a gap. Stores were full of New Age pap and other mystical mush, but there were no books that would introduce young people to serious philosophy. Gaarder wanted to present a simplified history of philosophy that even someone who disliked philosophy would learn to appreciate it. He wanted to stress that philosophy was an everyday part of our lives. By trying to blend fantasy with head-cracking summaries of deep thought, Gaarder feared that he had “sat down between two stools”. But he was mistaken. Sophie's World fell on top of all the stools. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within stories.
A summary of the book30-40%
Sophie Amundsen is an ordinary 14-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her mother in an ordinary Norwegian suburb. One day back home from school Sophie gets an anonymous letter in the mailbox containing two