Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
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One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from
school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: “Who are
you?” and “Where does the world come from?” From that irresistible beginning,
Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows
of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of
correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious
philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde?
And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use
the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more
complicated than she could have imagined.
The Bailieborough rated the book 4 stars but that comes with the proviso that the book was either loved or hated. While several people gave the book five stars, two members only gave it one.
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