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A bookseller who sells books as medicine sets out on a river journey
2013Slow paceWarm
What it is about
Jean Perdu runs a floating bookshop on the Seine and prescribes books to cure people’s troubles. He has not been able to cure his own grief. When he finally reads a letter from the lover who left him, he sets sail for Provence.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who love books about books.
What you will get
Originally published in German.
The Little Paris Bookshop Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Books · Grief · France
Length
382 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
Characters
Jean Perdu and the people he meets.
Setting
A barge on the Seine and the south of France.
What makes it different
A cozy story about books as medicine.
Feel
Warm, wistful and gentle.
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