Jostein Gaarder

Sophie’s World

Sophie’s World
An absorbing, original and fascinating book for everyone who wishes to know more
about the history of our own culture, interwoven with the history of western
philosophy and the imaginary story of Sophie and Hilde. In order to solve the mysteries
that are a part of Sophie’s World, we need an understanding of European philosophy.
Who is Hilde Møller Knag? Why does Sophie keep coming across Hilde’s things? Why
does she receive Hilde’s mail? The story ends in Hilde’s garden in the small town of
Aschehoug Forlag 1991 Lillesand on the south coast of Norway. Or does it? Perhaps this is where it begins?
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Through her perusal of letters from a mysterious philosopher, Alberto Knox, who
Original title: Sofies verden
initiates her into the ideas of Europe’s great thinkers, Sophie gradually acquires the
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subsequently appeared as a CD-ROM and been made into a musical, board game, film
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and television series.
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evy@osloliteraryagency.no “A marvellously rich book. Its success boils down to something quite simple – Gaarder’s
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“Challenging, informative and packed with easily grasped, and imitable, ways of
Albanian - Onufri, Tirana
thinking about difficult ideas”
American English - Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Arabic - Dar Al-Muna (Independent on Sunday)
Armenian - Zangak-97
Azeri Qanun Publishing House
“A terrifically entertaining and imaginative story wrapped around its tough, thought-
Belarusian - Zmicier Kolas Publisher
Bengali - Bhashantar provoking philosophical heart “
Brazilian Portuguese - Companhia Das Letras (Daily Mail)
British English - Orion Books
Bulgarian - Danyam Yakov
Catalan - Empuries/Grup 62

Jostein Gaarder
Chinese (complex) - Ecus
Chinese (simplified) - The Writer's Publishing
House
Croatian - Znanje
Czech - Albatros In 1991, when Jostein Gaarder wrote Sophie’s World he
Danish - Høst & Søn believed that a novel on the history of philosophy would
Dutch - Fontein
Estonian - Koolibri
appeal only to a specialist readership. In 1995 the book was
Faeroese - Bokadeildin the most sold novel in the world.
Finnish - Tammi
French - Seuil
Georgian - Sulakauri To date Sophie’s World has been translated into 64
German - Carl Hanser Verlag languages and has sold over 50 million copies. Jostein Gaarder’s other works, both his
Greek - Livani
children’s books and adult novels such as The Solitaire Mystery, Through a Glass, Darkly,
Greenlandic - Atuakkiorfik
Vita Brevis , The Ringmaster’s Daughter, The Orange Girl, Anna. A Fable About The
Earth’s Climate And Enviroment, and The Puppeteer, have proved hugely popular and
been published around the world.

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Hebrew - Schocken
Hindi - Rajkamal Prakashan
Hungarian - Noran Libro Publishing House
Icelandic - Edda
Indonesian - Mizan
Italian - Longanesi
Japanese - NHK-Publishing
Korean - Hyonam
Kurdish - Avesta, Istanbul
Latvian - Zvaigzne
Lithuanian - Tyto Alba
Macedonian - Tri Publishing Centre
Malay - Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia
Malayalam - DC Books
Marathi - Prasad Prakashan
Mongolian - Tengerleg Useg
Montenegrin - Nova Knjiga
Persian - Manoocher
Polish - J. Santorski
Portuguese - Presenca
Romanian - Univers Publishing House
Russian - Amphora
Sami - Davvi Girji
Serbian - Geopoetika Publishing
Singhalese - Vidarshana
Slovakian - Verbarium
Slovene - Zalozba
Spanish - Siruela, Madrid and Editorial Patria,
C. Mexico, Ediciones Especiales, Cuba
Swahili - Mkuki na Nyota
Swedish - Raben & Sjögren
Tamil - Kalachuvadu publications Private
limited
Thai - Kobfai
Tigrinja - Hidri Publ.
Turkish - Pan
Ukrainian - Litopys
Urdu -
Vietnamese - Nha Nam Publishing Company

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