She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.Īfter Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: That's how I sell books." It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. A book is both medic and medicine at once. There are even remedies - I mean books - that were written for one person only. "There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred.
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