More praise for the international bestseller that has become "Europe's oddball literary sensation of the decade" -New York Newsday
    "A page-turner." -Entertainment Weekly
    "First, think of a beginner's guide to philosophy, written by a schoolteacher ... Next, imagine a fantasy novel-something like a modern-day version of Through the Looking Glass. Meld these disparate genres, and what do you get? Well, what you get is an improbable international bestseller ... a runaway hit... [a] tour deforce." -Time
    "Compelling." --Los Angeles Times
    "Its depth of learning, its intelligence and its totally original conception give it enormous magnetic appeal ... To be fully human, and to feel our continuity with 3,000 years of philosophical inquiry, we need to put ourselves in Sophie's world." -Boston Sunday Globe
    "Involving and often humorous." -USA Today