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Original Title:	Le Voyage d’Hector ou la recherche du bonheur
ISBN:	0143118390 (ISBN13: 9780143118398)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Hector #1

Hector and the Search for Happiness (Hector #1)

François Lelord

Paperback | Pages: 165 pages

Rating: 3.48 | 13608 Users | 1601 Reviews

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Now a major motion picture starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer

The international bestseller with more than two million copies sold

"Once upon a time there was a young psychiatrist called Hector who was not very satisfied with himself. . . . And so he decided to take a trip around the world, and everywhere he went he would try to understand what made people happy or unhappy."

Hector travels from Paris to China to Africa to the United States, and along the way he keeps a list of observations about the people he meets. Combining the winsome appeal of The Little Prince with the inspiring philosophy of The Alchemist, Hector's journey around the world and into the human soul is entertaining, empowering, and smile-inducing--as winning in its optimism as it is wise in its simplicity.

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Title	:	Hector and the Search for Happiness (Hector #1)
Author	:	François Lelord
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 165 pages
Published	:	August 31st 2010 by Penguin Books (first published 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. Psychology. Contemporary. Philosophy. Cultural. France. Adult Fiction. Travel

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Ratings: 3.48 From 13608 Users | 1601 Reviews

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I loved this book immensely! It was an utterly charming little book. I haven't been so amused & charmed & fallen in like with a main character this much since Mma Ramotswe from the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Hector's search in trying to understand what makes people happy or unhappy was touching & funny & quite insightful. Loved it. Can't wait to read book 2.

I picked up this book because I was intrigued by the title, the artwork, and the idea that a psychiatrist might travel to other lands in pursuit of a formula for happiness. It's a fast read, and the writing is extremely elementary (some reviewers equate it to 5th grade level). At first, the child-like style was interesting, but it became increasingly annoying as the psychiatrist gets into some stupid situations, including his cheating (with no remorse whatsoever) on his lady-who-remained-at-home

I gave up in the middle of the book. I can't take it anymore, I can't take anymore of his pseudo-psychological bullshit which has nothing to do with "happiness" or how to achieve it. This book is degrading women and relationships in every possible way while being extremly racist on the side. I had to stop reading so I don't scream and rip the whole book apart.

(Be very wary of people who declare that theyre going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.) François Lelord, Hector and the Search for Happiness: A Novel This was definitely a laugh-out-loud moment as Hector writes in his notebook -- "Lesson no. 18: Happiness could be the freedom to love more than one woman at the same time.The problem, of course, was that women wouldn't agree."This is a fun read because it is written in the language of a traditional fairy tale while

Maybe I've became cynical... I noticed I can't enjoy those philosophical full-of-meaning yet so straightforward kind of book anymore. Once upon a time I've loved Coelho's The Alchemist. I found it so profound and it enriched my life to the point of overflowing. Now I cringe each time I read deep-meaningful sentences. I run away from books that were marketed as insightful, life changing, etc. I bought Laskar Pelangi series for my mother and refused to touch it despite her being wax poetic about

I am not really sure how Hector and the Search for Happiness became a best-seller. In fact, I found it fairly offensive mostly because I found "Hector" (who, as far as I understand it, represents the author) unlikeable. Primarily, his relationship with women is troubling as they are either fetishized, exoticized or objectified throughout the novel--Hector is constantly noticing how attractive women are, and commenting on this impulse as uncontrollably male, bleck. Secondly, most of the people

I don't think I've ever read a book where one minute I am quite enjoying it and the next loathing it, but Hector and the search for Happiness caused such extremes during its short read. Sometimes the tales can seem a bit trite or forced situations to illustrate the author's point, but what makes this even more frustrating and indeed patronising is the tone that the author takes in telling the fables. It is written in a simplistic way as if you were explaining things to a child.