Once upon a time there lived a 14-year old girl Sophie Amundsen. She was quite an ordinary teenager - doubting little things, disliking her looks, finding school boring... normal stuff. All this was so till the day she received a mysterious letter containing two questions Who are you? Where does the world come from? together with a strange looking postcard addressed to a Hilde Møller Knag she definitely had never heard before. These letter and postcard were followed by a thick packet from a not less mysterious philosopher Alberto Knox. The packet contained the first lecture on philosophy that would be followed by so many others to give Sophie and the reader the full picture from Socrates to Freud.
The plot consists of two main lines: the lectures on philosophy and Sophie's line itself. The latter becomes so complicated and puzzling sometimes that you might feel like you are reading a book about a book about a book... But on the whole, the idea is fantastic. It takes you away from dusty classrooms with boring professors into an exciting world of human wisdom and search for truth. It provokes you on every page and is unlikely to leave indifferent.
So, together with Sophie confused and at the same time excited, I challenged myself with some questions and data. For example, the very first question Who are you?.. I have already faced this one. One dear friend of mine really likes asking it from time to time (no name and profession are accepted as an answer). I used to answer that I am a woman. My husband said he was an open book. If asked now I would probably reply I am a loving child. It feels like I have started moving back and find myself more often with my mouth open. And I think now I know more about love. And there is still so much childhood and love ahead...
So, together with Sophie confused and at the same time excited, I challenged myself with some questions and data. For example, the very first question Who are you?.. I have already faced this one. One dear friend of mine really likes asking it from time to time (no name and profession are accepted as an answer). I used to answer that I am a woman. My husband said he was an open book. If asked now I would probably reply I am a loving child. It feels like I have started moving back and find myself more often with my mouth open. And I think now I know more about love. And there is still so much childhood and love ahead...
