| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
392 pages : illustration ; 22 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Source |
NBK 6/15 PPL |
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B&T 09.2015 PARS |
| Summary |
""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. |
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""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." |
| Subject |
Booksellers and bookselling -- Fiction.
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Books and reading -- Fiction.
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Mental healing -- Fiction.
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Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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Love stories.
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| Subject |
FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / Romance / Contemporary.
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FICTION / Psychological.
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| Added Author |
Pare, Simon, translator.
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| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): George, Nina, 1973- Little Paris bookshop London : Abacus, 2015. ©2015 9780349140353 |
| ISBN |
9780553418774 |
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0553418777 |
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