Hector & the Search for Happiness (Film Edition)

Lelord Francois
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk

Product details

ISBN
9781908313676
Published
2014-07-01
Publisher
Pushkin Press; Gallic Books
Height
177 mm
Width
127 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
182

Author
Lelord Francois
Translated by
Garcia Lorenza

Biographical note

François Lelord studied and practiced psychiatry in Paris, and was a consultant for companies interested in reducing stress for their employees. The huge success of Hector and the Search for Happiness led him to spend more time writing and travelling, ending up in Vietnam during the Sars epidemic. There he practiced psychiatry for a French NGO and met his future wife Phuong. Today they live in Thailand. Hector and the Search for Happiness was adapted for film in 2015, starring Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike.

Hector & the Search for Happiness (Film Edition)

Lelord Francois
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
Lelord Francois
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
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A series of philosophical bonnes bouches … their effect is unexpectedly cheering’ Independent

‘Even the most aloof, the most detached reader will be won over by this book’ Cosmopolitan

‘Provides a dollop of warm, fuzzy, feel-good escapism’ Woman
‘Intelligently naïve’ Marie Claire

‘A fast-paced, enchanting story. Lelord himself is a psychiatrist, and his interest in the human mind is infectious’ – Book Page

"A feel-good gem . . . Francois Lelord has created a 21st-century hero." Good Housekeeping

Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. He's very good at treating patients in real need of his help. But many people he sees have no health problems: they're just deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can't do much for them, and it's beginning to depress him. So when a patient tells him he looks in need of a holiday, Hector decides to set off round the world to find out what makes people everywhere happy (and sad), and whether there is such a thing as the secret of true happiness.
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A young psychiatrist sets off round the world in pursuit of the secret to true happiness.

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A series of philosophical bonnes bouches … their effect is unexpectedly cheering’ Independent

‘Even the most aloof, the most detached reader will be won over by this book’ Cosmopolitan

‘Provides a dollop of warm, fuzzy, feel-good escapism’ Woman
‘Intelligently naïve’ Marie Claire

‘A fast-paced, enchanting story. Lelord himself is a psychiatrist, and his interest in the human mind is infectious’ – Book Page

"A feel-good gem . . . Francois Lelord has created a 21st-century hero." Good Housekeeping

Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. He's very good at treating patients in real need of his help. But many people he sees have no health problems: they're just deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can't do much for them, and it's beginning to depress him. So when a patient tells him he looks in need of a holiday, Hector decides to set off round the world to find out what makes people everywhere happy (and sad), and whether there is such a thing as the secret of true happiness.
Read more
A young psychiatrist sets off round the world in pursuit of the secret to true happiness.

Product details

ISBN
9781908313676
Published
2014-07-01
Publisher
Pushkin Press; Gallic Books
Height
177 mm
Width
127 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
182

Author
Lelord Francois
Translated by
Garcia Lorenza

Biographical note

François Lelord studied and practiced psychiatry in Paris, and was a consultant for companies interested in reducing stress for their employees. The huge success of Hector and the Search for Happiness led him to spend more time writing and travelling, ending up in Vietnam during the Sars epidemic. There he practiced psychiatry for a French NGO and met his future wife Phuong. Today they live in Thailand. Hector and the Search for Happiness was adapted for film in 2015, starring Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike.

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