The Solitaire mystery

Title The Solitaire mystery
Author Jostein Gaarder; ill. by Hilda Kramer; transl. by Sarah Jane Hails
Publication Phoenix
Size 292p
Language ENG ENG
ISBN 9781897580646
Topics Norwegian fiction--Translated into English
Norwegian fiction--Philosophical
Norwegian fiction--Fantasy
Norwegian fiction--Families
Notes Hans Thomas and his father set out on a car trip through Europe, from Norway to Greece—the birthplace of philosophy—in search of Hans Thomas's mother, who left them many years earlier. On the way, Hans Thomas receives a mysterious miniature book—the fantastic memoir of a sailor shipwrecked in 1842 on a strange island where a deck of cards come to life. Structured as a deck of cards—each chapter is one in the deck—"The Solitaire Mystery" weaves together fantasy and reality, fairy tales and family history. Full of questions about the meaning of life, it will spur its listeners to reexamine their own.
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