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Sophie's World (Norwegian: Sofies verden) is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows the events of Sophie Amundsen, a teenage girl living in Norway, and Alberto Knox, a middle-aged philosopher who introduces her to philosophical Read More..

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Description	Sophie's World (Norwegian: Sofies verden) is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows the events of Sophie Amundsen, a teenage girl living in Norway, and Alberto Knox, a middle-aged philosopher who introduces her to philosophical thinking and the history of philosophy.Sophie's World was originally written in Norwegian and became a best seller in Norway. It won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1994. The English version of the novel was published in 1995, and the book was reported to be the best-selling book in the world in that year.By 2011 the novel had been translated into fifty-nine languages, with over forty million copies in print.(The National: Sophie's World author turns from philosophy to climate change on Sophie's World: "The novel has now been translated into 59 languages, and has sold an estimated 40 million copies." (14 March 2011)) It is one of the most commercially successful Norwegian novels outside of Norway, and has been adapted into a film and a PC game.
Description	Sophie's World (Norwegian: Sofies verden) is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows the events of Sophie Amundsen, a teenage girl living in Norway, and Alberto Knox, a middle-aged philosopher who introduces her to philosophical thinking and the history of philosophy.Sophie's World was originally written in Norwegian and became a best seller in Norway. It won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1994. The English version of the novel was published in 1995, and the book was reported to be the best-selling book in the world in that year.By 2011 the novel had been translated into fifty-nine languages, with over forty million copies in print.(The National: Sophie's World author turns from philosophy to climate change on Sophie's World: "The novel has now been translated into 59 languages, and has sold an estimated 40 million copies." (14 March 2011)) It is one of the most commercially successful Norwegian novels outside of Norway, and has been adapted into a film and a PC game.

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Name	Sophie's World
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Authors	Jostein Gaarder
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Genre	Philosophical novel
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Language	Norwegian
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Country	Norway
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Pages	518 pp
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Media_type	Print (hardcover & paperback) and audiobook (English, unabridged CD & download)
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Isbn	978-1-85799-291-5
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Oclc	246845141
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Publisher	Berkley Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (original hardcover), MacMillan (audio)
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Pub_date	1991
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Release_date	1991
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