German. The author of the book is Francois Lelord, and he wrote many other amazing books as well, i.e. "Hectors Reise oder die Suche nach dem Glück" or "Hector und die Entdeckung der Zeit", but I loved the one about love most (typical for a girl, isn't it ;)).It's about a psychiatrist whose patients are, in most cases, unhappy because of love. To little love, unrequited love etc. That's why Hector starts to believe that there are no happy relationships, he wonders why we love who we love, and why love leaves after a while.
One day, a big concern asks Hector to produce a medication that heals people from the sickness of being in love with the help of a professor. But this professor, who already managed to produce such a medication fled because he didn't want anybody to make use of it.
What follows is a long, long journey on which Hector tries to find the professor and realises numerous things. Although the medication could make many people happy, it would also cause a lot of harm. Love would lose it's appeal, it would be totally calculabe, would lose it's fascination.
I don't want to tell you the end, maybe one of you will now want to read the book as well- i can only recommend it. It's such a touching, moving and at the same time real story and conquered my heart in a matter of seconds...
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You sound like the person who adores chick lit like Bridged Jones, just like me :)
Do you know the book "My Legendary Girlfriend". It's the same literary genre, but written by a man and about a man. Hilarious, though not intellectually demanding. But certainly an entertaining book for a rainy afternoon.
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