
The Little Paris Bookshop
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Steve West
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Emma Bering
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Cassandra Campbell
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De:
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Nina George
"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 best-selling 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 best selling 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.
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The narration is awful - the attempts to sound French fall very flat.
Feels like a debut novel
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Beautiful
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The book is beautifully written, the author coining many an elegant or insightful phrase that made me wish I had a printed edition in front of me, so I could linger over the words and marvel at the construction. But then I'd miss the perfect narration.
It's a gentle story for people who love books and believe in their ability to reach a lost soul or change the direction of a life, people who love good food, people who love.
I enjoyed this (internationally bestselling) book immensely, and can't say enough good things about it!
rich, seductive, delicious and delightful!
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What did you like best about this story?
It was just beautiful, an excellent portrayal of love and adventure.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Definatley makes you happy and sad.Wonderful
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great story of connectedness and emotions
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One read is not enough!
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I didn't find the book to be a waste of time, but it wasn't one that I couldn't wait to listen to in every free moment I could find. I don't feel that it is one I would recommend to friends.
Steve West's narration of the male characters was good - each had their own sound - but all of the female voices sounded the same. I find that this is a mistake that male narrators make - they use a bit more head tone and all of the female characters sound like the same slightly dumb/coy/trashy women, even when they are not supposed to.
The author clearly gave quite a bit of thought to the importance of books for the soul, and she drew great word pictures to help the reader see what she was seeing. She wrote a story of great emotions, but it just didn't grab me.
Emotional Themes, But It Didn't Really Grab Me
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Very descriptive...
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Loved it!
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Set in a French landscape, this story flowed in that frilly, descriptive pattern that beautifully paints a picture found in French dialogue. We follow Perdu, owner of a floating bookstore, on a journey of confronting his past after twenty-one years of trying to wall it away from existence. Perdu has a gift of being able to read one's soul and prescribe the best book to heal that person at that time, but he cannot heal himself. At times, the story was slow but so was his journey, and the pace helped the reader understand that.
As the story of lost love and heartache can be, this one was not as uplifting as many readers might hope - it is full of emotions. The learning lessons scattered throughout can be seen as a beacon of hope for most though, making the culmination at the end worth the ride.
Regardless of the pace or any other aspect that might have irked me at times during the read, the quotes alone made the book spectacular. Here are some of my favorite:
"We cannot decide to love. We cannot compel anyone to love us. There's no secret recipe, only love itself. And we are at its mercy--there's nothing we can do."
"Memories are like wolves. You can’t lock them away and hope they leave you alone."
"The trouble is that so many people, most of them women, think they have to have a perfect body to be loved. But all it has to do is be capable of loving – and being loved."
"Fear transforms your body like an inept sculptor does a perfect block of stone. It’s just that you’re chipped away at from within, and no one sees how many splinters and layers have been taken off you. You become ever thinner and more brittle inside, until even the slightest emotion bowls you over. One hug, and you think you’re going to shatter and be lost."
An interesting read
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