I've always been an avid reader because it offers me a delightful escape whenever I wish for one.While the act of reading makes me happy, I've never felt that the contents of a book actually made me feel happy. Not until I read Hector and the Search for Happiness. This 164 page novel tells the tale of a psychiatrist who sets off on a journey around the world to find out what, exactly, makes people happy. In doing so he also discovers what makes him happy. While reading it I realised that this lovely little book made me feel very happy.
I am considering reading it as a bedtime story to my seven year old son but I would say that the content is safely suitable for unsupervised reading by young adults and up. In fact, I think this book defies attempts to categorize it and does something which few books are able to; it crosses the boundaries of age, social class, ethnicity and religion just as happiness itself does.
Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord (translated by Lorenza Garcia) is due to be published by Gallic Books in April 2010. You can pre-order your copy by following this link.
3 comments:
I certainly sounds like it's an interesting book, and anything that makes people happy must surely be good.
I too, am an avid reader. Just this morning, from 5:13 a.m. to now, a whole six hours later, I've managed to read the same two and a half lines at least 20 times.
I'll mark April as Happiness Awareness Month - could all do with a bit of that!
Hi Debs
It's a sweet little book filled with happiness. It's really unique. I'm a big fan of gallic books anyway but this is the first time I've ever read anything by this author.
Hi Maddy,
Happiness Awareness Month, I like that idea.
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