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Hans Thomas, un muchacho noruego de 12 años, y su padre emprenden un viaje hacia Atenas en busca de la madre, que ocho años antes los abandonó por "encontrarse a sí misma". El azar hace que se detengan en Dorf, un pequeño pueblo donde un viejo panadero regala al joven un panecillo que oculta un diminuto libro, que Hans Thomas comenzará a leer con la ayuda de una lupa que un misterioso enano le regala. A partir de ese momento, el muchacho inicia otro emocionante viaje paralelo: el de la imaginación.

This story can be read as a fairytale about solitaire, a family story about a boy and his dad in search of a mother and a wife who got lost while trying to find herself.
On a more deeper level it tries to delve into destiny, and philosophy and how smaller things affect the bigger things and how we are all part of a great game of solitaire that is our destiny.

Quotes from the book:
The greatest thing of all is love. Time can't pale that as easily as it fades old memories.

The only thing I know is that I know nothing - Socrates.

There is still a joker roaming around the world. He will make sure that the world never rests. Whenever possible -and wherever possible - a little fool will jump out wearing long donkey ears and jingling bells. He will look deep into our eyes and ask, who are we? Where do we come from ?

I liked the book, but it was somewhat slow getting to the point and the levels of the story got quite complex and confusing. ( )

Hans Thomas, un muchacho noruego de doce años, y su padre, un marino apasionado por la filosofía, emprenden un viaje por carretera hacia Atenas en busca de su madre, que ocho años antes los había dejado para "encontrarse a si misma".

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