When heartbroken Catherine moves into his building, Jean brings her an old table and a stack of books to cure her crying. He can diagnose a shopper's ills (ennui, disappointment, a range of fears) and select the correct literary remedy.
Ever since, Jean has devoted his life to his floating bookstore, the Literary Apothecary, a barge docked on the Seine. Twenty-one years ago, his lover, Manon, left, leaving behind only a letter to explain herself-which Jean never opened. Parisian bookseller Jean Perdu has lived in a time capsule of his own grief.
This newly translated German bestseller is a warmhearted, occasionally sentimental account of letting go of the old loves to make room for new.
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