Hector and the Search for Happiness

By Francois Lelord
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143118398, 192pp.)

Publication Date: August 31, 2010

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback, Hardcover, Compact Disc

Categories: Literary

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the September 2010 Indie Next List

“Hector is an unassuming psychiatrist quite set in his ways but longs for something more. He wants to answer the question 'What is happiness?'. His search takes him all over the globe where he discovers that there may be more to being happy than he ever realized and what happiness means to different people, different cultures. I loved this book, I loved Hector and I found myself wondering aloud what happiness meant to me. It made me ask friends and family what happiness meant to them. Read the book and think about that question. You may be just as surprised as Hector as to what you might find!”

-- Andy Terrell, Destinations Booksellers, New Albany, IN

Description

A charming fable about modern life that has touched the hearts of more than two million readers worldwide.

Following on the success of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, and already a worldwide sensation, Hector and the Search for Happiness finally comes to America, where readers will delight in its uplifting humor. As Hector travels from Paris to China to the United States, he keeps a list of observations about the people he meets, hoping to find the secret to happiness. Combining the winsome appeal of The Little Prince with the inspiring philosophy of The Alchemist, Hector's journey around the world and into the human soul is entertaining, empowering, and smile inducing-as winning in its optimism as it is powerful in its insight and reassuring in its simplicity.

About the Author

François Lelord studied medicine and psychology. After getting his doctoral degree in 1985, he was a post-doctorate researcher at UCLA. He then worked as an attending physician in Paris for two years. Since 2004, he has been working as a psychiatrist in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Hector and the Search for Happiness is his first novel.

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