Sophie's World
Published in 1991 with close to 507 pages
Written by: Jostein Gaarder
Rate: 10/10
My summary of Sophie's World: Sophie finds a letter addressed to her written by a mysterious self-proclaimed philosophy teacher named Alberto. Alberto begins to teach Sophie about philosophy through multiple letters, then they end up meeting face to face after a while. Through this philosophy course, Sophie learns not everything is what it seems to be. Together Alberto and Sophie make a discovery that leads them into a very different world.
My opinion about Sophie's World: For my philosophy class my professor chose this book for our textbook and I was surprised that it wasn't in a textbook format. I was also surprised that it wasn't a textbook at all, it was a real fiction book. The class wasn't required to read the whole book, but because it was so interesting I had to finish it. I had a hard time reading it because I am such a slow reader, but I did and I am very pleased with Sophie's World. I liked Gaarder's writing style and the story being shared. There were only a few parts that felt like fluff compared to the rest of the story. I liked how Gaarder taught about philosophy while also having an actual story to go along with it.
My favorite quotes from Sophie's World:
We too are stardust.
When we look up to the sky we are trying to find the way back to ourselves... there can be billions of light-years between one galaxy and the next. But they all have the same origin. all stars and all planets belong to the same family.
- Sophie's World was made into a movie in 1999.
- Has won three awards for his books: Norweigan Bookseller's Prize, Critics Price: Best Children's or Youth's Literature, and Brage Prize Honorary Award.
- Written 20 books altogether.
- Has won three awards for his books: Norweigan Bookseller's Prize, Critics Price: Best Children's or Youth's Literature, and Brage Prize Honorary Award.
- Written 20 books altogether.
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