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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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The Solitaire Mystery, Jostein Gaarder
- Language
- Released
- 1996
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- Book condition
- Good
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- Title
- The Solitaire Mystery
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jostein Gaarder
- Publisher
- Phoenix House
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 292
- ISBN10
- 1897580649
- ISBN13
- 9781897580646
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Social Sciences, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Mystery Novels, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Scandinavian Literature, Magical Realism, Nordic Noir, Norway, Scandinavia
- Description
- 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.