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Hector and the Search for Happiness: Hector's Journeys. A novel

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From Book 1: 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.
ISBN9781906040239
PublisherMACMILLAN
Publication Date04/01/09
Pages182

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  • sarina.s
    sarina.s

    22 Followers

    4.0

    Ich wollte es unbedingt fertiglesen um meine Gedanken aufzuschreiben.

    Ein einfach geschriebenes Buch über die Suche nach dem Glück. Nach einer Formel fürs Glücklichsein. Man kann sehr viel aus den Erkenntnissen von Hektor lernen und erkennen. Am Anfang war ich skeptisch als ich die ersten Kapitel las. Ich wusste nicht so recht wie ich die Handlung verstehen sollte. Doch je mehr ich las, desto öfters begann ich selbst über das Glücklichsein nachzudenken. Und es gefiel mir immer besser, Hektor zu begleiten, wie er verschiedene Aspekte des Glücks kennenlernt. Wie er so viele „Lessons“ lernt, die alle miteinander zusammenhängen und doch von den unterschiedlichsten Leuten aktiviert wurden. Ja, das Buch hat mich sogar gegen Ende hin mitgerissen. Obwohl es kein Buch war, das vor Spannung strotzte.

    Apr 22, 2024

  • leahsayshi
    leahsayshi

    5 Followers

    1.0

    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.

    Mar 23, 2014

  • jess1203
    jess1203

    4 Followers

    3.0

    A nice story but nothing spectacular. I liked it but it didn't move me.

    Mar 24, 2014

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