With The Little Paris Bookshop, I wanted to write about lovesickness. What is the theme? The time it takes me to open the door and investigate the theme that lies behind it, to check out the larger story that I can feel but am a long way from seeing, can be long or short. I want to know what I’m falling in love with this time and why. “Falling in love” while developing a novel also sparks a light in me as though the ideas open a door. It’s a bit like “love at first glance”-before we truly get to know each other. Not only do these images fly at me, they land with the force of a blow to my brain and heart. As an experienced professional writer, I am quite good at telling these special ideas apart from the constant murmur of imaginings in my mind. GEORGE: Each novel starts with an image that “flies” at me unbidden. You then wrote the manuscript in under two months! How long does it usually take you to write your books? Do you normally think of/plan out the plot first before you start to write? You thought about the storyline for about two and a half years before you put pen to paper. George, thank you for sharing your time today to discuss your charming novel, The Little Paris Bookshop. “Each novel starts with an image that “flies” at me unbidden.”ĪUTHORLINK: Ms.

It has hit the Indie Bestsellers, as well as The New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks in a row. This sensual and delightful novel deals with unrequited love, solace, friendship and the love of books.

When a sympathetic neighbour helps him read Manon’s letter, Jean’s life takes on an immediate turn that unmoors him to the south of Provence. Haunted by the love-of-his-life, Manon, who left him over 20 years ago, Perdu does his best to avoid reality as well as an envelope left by Manon, which he refuses to open.

The Little Paris Bookshop is about middle-aged Jean Perdu, a self-described literary apothecary possessing the rare talent of assigning the perfect book for each troubled customer who walks onto his bookshop-barge.

Though few German books are translated into English, The Little Paris Bookshop has been released into 32 languages that make her an overnight success in the English-speaking world, 23 years in the making. Nina George is a successful German author who has written 29 books, but it is her latest novel, The Little Paris Bookshop, that landed on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for 60 weeks. Nina George’s Little Paris Bookshop Hits Indie Bestseller ListĪn exclusive AUTHORLINK interview with Nina GeorgeĪuthor of The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel (Crown, 31 December 2015)

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