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 o
The Solitaire Mystery
✍ Scribed by Jostein Gaarder
- Book ID
- 100095235
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 632 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1466804556
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
The story of a boy and his father on a car trip through Europe, searching for the boy's mother, who left many years ago to find herself. Structured as a deck of cards -- each chapter is one card in the deck -- The Solitaire Mystery subtly weaves together fantasy and reality, fairy tales and family history.
✦ Subjects
Mystery
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