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The Solitaire Mystery
| Author: | Jostein Gaarder |
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996 Original Norwegian publication, 1990 |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Fairytale Fantasy |
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Synopsis
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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