Hector and the Search for Happiness (eBook)

François Lelord (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
174 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-453-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. He's very good at treating patients in real need of his help. But many people he sees have no health problems: they're just deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can't do much for them, and it's beginning to depress him. So when a patient tells him he looks in need of a holiday, Hector decides to set off round the world to find out what makes people everywhere happy (and sad), and whether there is such a thing as the secret of true happiness... Over two million readers worldwide have engaged with psychiatrist François Lelord's modern fable. Narrated with deceptive simplicity, its perceptive observations on happiness offer us the chance to reflect on the contentment we all look for in our own lives.

Autor

François Lelord studied and practiced psychiatry in Paris, and was a consultant for companies interested in reducing stress for their employees. The huge success of Hector and the Search for Happiness led him to spend more time writing and travelling, ending up in Vietnam during the Sars epidemic. There he practiced psychiatry for a French NGO and met his future wife Phuong. Today they live in Thailand. Hector and the Search for Happiness was adapted for film in 2015, starring Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Übersetzer: Lorenza Garcia
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Schlagworte: character-driven • contentment • coping strategies • Cross-Cultural Experiences • dissatisfaction • Emotional Intelligence • Emotional Well-Being • François Lelord • Global Perspectives • Happiness • Happiness Research • happiness secrets • health and wellness • Hector • Human Condition • Inspirational Literature • life lessons • Life Satisfaction • literature on happiness • Mental Health • modern fable • modern philosophy • Motivation • narrative • Personal Growth • personal journey • philosophical exploration • Psychiatry • Reflective storytelling • relationships • Self-discovery • Self-Help • therapeutic journey • Travel • true happiness
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-453-0 / 1805334530
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-453-8 / 9781805334538