![]() He travels in his barge from Paris to Provence, meeting many characters on the way who offer both entertainment and enlightenment. It's only when he opens a long-lost letter from a former lover that he sets out on his own journey of healing and self-discovery. Passersby will step upon his barge, explain what's troubling them and Jean-Perdu will find the perfect book to "cure" them. The protagonist, Jean-Perdu, runs a book barge on the Seine, aka The Little Paris Bookshop, which he refers to as his literary apothecary. The Little Paris Bookshop is the wonderful story of a Parisian bookseller nursing a broken heart. So if someone writes a book on World War II this year, I'll file it under World War II. Just because a book is filed under a certain period heading doesn't mean that's when it was written.This list is aimed at non-Francophones who are passionate about France and want to learn everything they can about us. Each week, I'll add books to it, until I (or you) feel we have enough. ![]() Next thing I knew I had notes on more than 100 books, from books on France history to French literature classics to books on living in France.Īt this rate, the list would be published sometime around 2056, so instead, I decided to put this up as a work in progress. Putting together a list of the best books about France is as impossible as (at least for me) as climbing Mont Blanc in sandals in winter. ![]()
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