Gaarder, Jostein,  1952- <br/><br/>
Sophie's world :  a novel about the history of philosophy / 
Jostein Gaarder ; translated by Paulette Moller. 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  c2007, c1994. 
 - xi, 518 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index.  Includes reader's group guide in back of book. 
<br/><br/> The protagonists are Sophie Amundsen, a 14-year-old girl, and Alberto Knox, a philosophy teacher. The novel chronicles their metaphysical relationship as they study Western philosophy from its beginnings to the present. A bestseller in Norway. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780329539757 (FollettBound)  $15.36. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006934351 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy--History--Fiction.