Twelve-year-old Hans Thomas lives alone with his father, a man who likes to give his son lessons about life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomas' mother left when he was four (to 'find' herself) and the story begins when father and son set off on a trip to Greece, where she now lives, to try to persuade her to come home. En route, in Switzerland, Hans Thomas is given a magnifying glass by a dwarf at a petrol station, and the next day he finds a tiny book in his bread roll which can only be read with a magnifying ...
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Twelve-year-old Hans Thomas lives alone with his father, a man who likes to give his son lessons about life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomas' mother left when he was four (to 'find' herself) and the story begins when father and son set off on a trip to Greece, where she now lives, to try to persuade her to come home. En route, in Switzerland, Hans Thomas is given a magnifying glass by a dwarf at a petrol station, and the next day he finds a tiny book in his bread roll which can only be read with a magnifying glass. How did the book come to be there? Why does the dwarf keep showing up? It is all very perplexing and Hans Thomas has enough to cope with, with the daunting prospect of seeing his mother. Now his journey has turned into an encounter with the unfathomable...or does it all have a logical explanation?
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1996, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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I picked up this book after reading Sophie's World and fell in love immediately with the colourful characters. It's a fascinating journey through time, space and imagination seen through the eyes of a little boy and a pack of cards. Even if the reader is not a boy in search of his mother and trying to redeem his drunk father, Gaarder strikes a chord with the portrayal of little-boy-lost Hans Thomas. The parallels between Hans Thomas' journey and the lives of the cards, particularly the Ace of Hearts, and the elements of mysticism (like the Joker dwarf and gypsy) are likewise captivating. Each reading of the book provides new experiences - just like the taste of Rainbow Fizz.
