George, Nina, 1973-
The little Paris bookshop : a novel / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare. - First U.S. edition. - 392 pages : map ; 22 cm
"Originally published in Germany as Das Lavendelzimmer by Knaur Verlag in 2013"--Verso title page.
'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.
9780553418774 (hardback) 0553418777 (hardback) 9780553418798 (pbk.)
2014040459
Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Bibliotherapy--Fiction.
Mental healing--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Letters--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Fiction.
France, Southern--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Romance fiction.
German fiction.
PT2707.E59 / L3813 2015
833/.92
The little Paris bookshop : a novel / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare. - First U.S. edition. - 392 pages : map ; 22 cm
"Originally published in Germany as Das Lavendelzimmer by Knaur Verlag in 2013"--Verso title page.
'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.
9780553418774 (hardback) 0553418777 (hardback) 9780553418798 (pbk.)
2014040459
Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Bibliotherapy--Fiction.
Mental healing--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Letters--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Fiction.
France, Southern--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Romance fiction.
German fiction.
PT2707.E59 / L3813 2015
833/.92