Sophie Dutertre Boeken

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.

"Certes, Chonchon aime réfléchir. Mais quand un autre Chonchon, puis deux et bientôt sept nounours semblables s'invitent dans l'histoire, un doute l'envahit : "Qui est le vrai Chonchon ? " se demande Chonchon. Identité, différences, tendresse... Une légère variation du papier de couverture donne à chaque exemplaire la singularité de Chonchon : il est unique au monde ! Comme vous et moi" (4e de couverture)