The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel

by Nina George

Hardcover, 2015

Publication

Crown (2015), Edition: 1St Edition, 400 pages

Description

Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:�??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. Includes a PDF of Recipes and Jean Perdu�??s Emergency Liter… (more)

Awards

Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2017)

Language

Physical description

400 p.; 5.8 inches

ISBN

0553418777 / 9780553418774
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