Sophie's World (Norwegian: Sofies verden) is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows Sophie Amundsen, a Norwegian teenager, who is introduced to the history of philosophy as she is asked "Who are you?" in a letter from an unknown philosopher. The nonfictional content of the book aligns with Bertrand Russell's The History of Western Philosophy.Sophie's World became a best-seller in Norway and won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1994. The English translation was published in 1995, and the book was reported to be the best-selling book in the world that year. By 2011, the novel had been translated into fifty-nine languages, with over forty million print copies sold. It is one of the most commercially successful Norwegian novels outside of Norway, and has been adapted into a film and a PC game.
En este libro vemos una instroducción a la historia de la filosofía y sus mayores pensadores pero desde el punto de vista de Sofía, una adolecente por lo que los contenidos está totalmente bajados para su comprensión. Tiene una transposición didáctica hermosa para así conocer las principales ideas de autores como Platón, Descartes, etc.
