Hector and the Search for Happiness is a novel by French writer François Lelord written in 2002 and translated into English in 2010. It has sold over two million copies. A film adaptation, directed by Peter Chelsom, with Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike starring, was released on 15 August 2014.
“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. 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. 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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