The little Paris bookshop : a novel / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare.
""There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies--I mean books--that were written for one person only ... A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that's how I sell books." Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country's rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself. Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure, The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives"-- Provided by publisher.
""A book is both doctor and medicine. It makes diagnoses and provides therapy. Bringing the right novels together with the appropriate people is the way I sell books."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780553418774
- ISBN: 0553418777
- Physical Description: 392 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. "Originally published in Germany as Das Lavendelzimmer by Knaur Verlag in 2013"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390). |
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Subject: | Booksellers and bookselling > Fiction. Books and reading > Fiction. Mental healing > Fiction. Paris (France) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Romance fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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