The Solitaire Mystery By Jostein Gaarder Book Novel Fiction 9781897580646

Twelve-year-old Hans Thomas and his father are \ndriving from Norway to Greece in search of Hans Thomas's mother, who \nleft them many years before. Along the way, the boy receives a \nmysterious miniature book - the fantastic memoir of a sailor shipwrecked\n in 1842 on a strange island where a deck of cards has come to life. \nBut\n what does the sailor's journey have to do with that of Hans Thomas? And\n what can both their journeys tell us about our own quest to understand \nlife?\nAbout the author\nJostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and \nauthor of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder \noften writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of \nwonder about the world. He often uses meta-fiction in his works, writing\n stories within stories.\n\nGaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World,\n subtitled \""A Novel about the History of Philosophy.\"" This popular work \nhas been transla.