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Praise for François Lelord
‘Even the most aloof, the most detached reader will be won over by this book’
Cosmopolitan
‘Intelligently naïve’ Marie Claire
‘Hector is a lovable character; put simply, one of us’
Rheinische Post
‘Unexpectedly cheering’ Independent
‘Quite delightful’ Scott Pack
‘François Lelord favours an unashamedly simple style with short sentences and a naïve tone that soothe the reader like a summer breeze. Behind this, however, lie life’s great philosophical questions.’ Bücher
‘Immerse yourself in a book that will give you wings: Hector and the Search for Happiness.’ Bild
‘At the end of the book readers find themselves with a head full of amusing scenes and clever insights into what happiness really means. It is in this way that Lelord manages to reach the hearts of his readers.’ Amazon customer
Hector Finds
Time
François Lelord
Translated by Carol Gilogley
Gallic Books
London
Contents
Praise Title Page HECTOR ISN’T EXACTLY A YOUNG PSYCHIATRIST ANY MORE HECTOR AND THE MAN WHO LOVED DOGS HECTOR AND THE LITTLE BOY WHO WANTED TO SPEED UP TIME HECTOR THINKS THINGS OVER HECTOR IS CONSCIENTIOUS HECTOR AND THE MAN WHO WANTED TO TURN BACK TIME HECTOR AND THE LADY WHO WANTED TO STAY YOUNG HECTOR LOVES CLARA; CLARA LOVES HECTOR HECTOR HAS A DREAM HECTOR GOES TO TALK TO OLD FRANÇOIS HECTOR DISCOVERS A BIG SECRET HECTOR AND THE OLD MONK HECTOR AND ÉDOUARD ARE GOOD FRIENDS HECTOR AND THE LITTLE BUBBLES HECTOR IS COLD HECTOR AND THE PRESENT WHICH DOESN’T EXIST HECTOR LEARNS TO SPEAK ESKIMO HECTOR TRAVELS IN TIME HECTOR DREAMS UP THE WORLD HECTOR SINGS IN THE SNOW HECTOR HAS A TICKET HECTOR AND THE PRESENTISTS HECTOR AND THE HALF-EMPTY GLASSES HECTOR UNDERSTANDS THE PSYCHIATRISTS’ SECRET CLARA AND THE TICK-TOCK OF TIME HECTOR AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN HECTOR IS A DOG PSYCHIATRIST HECTOR AND LOST TIME HECTOR GETS SOME PERSPECTIVE HECTOR TALKS TO HIS NEIGHBOUR HECTOR AND THE SONG OF TIME HECTOR MAKES SOME FRIENDS HECTOR IS ON TV HECTOR SINGS ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN HECTOR AND TIME REGAINED HECTOR AND THE MAN WHO LOOKED AT THE STARS HECTOR AND THE JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE HECTOR AND THE LOTTERY TICKET HECTOR AND YING LI AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN HECTOR CAN’T DREAM IN PEACE HECTOR MEETS AN IMPORTANT MAN HECTOR IS WORKING, EVEN BY THE SEA HECTOR GOES BACK TO SCHOOL HECTOR LEARNS WHY WE GET OLD HECTOR REALISES THAT DIET ISN’T EVERYTHING HECTOR HAS A REST HECTOR AND THE TWO CENTENARIANS HECTOR AND HISTORY, WHICH KEEPS REPEATING ITSELF HECTOR IS A GOOD DOCTOR HECTOR DRINKS TOO MUCH HECTOR AND TEMPTATION ÉDOUARD IS A GOOD STUDENT HECTOR AND HISTORY, WHICH KEEPS REPEATING ITSELF (PART II) HECTOR AND THE DISTANT VALLEY HECTOR, THE OLD MONK AND TIME HECTOR AND ETERNITY HECTOR RETURNS HECTOR AND CLARA AND … HECTOR IN THE GARDEN AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LELORD ON HECTOR About the Author Also by François Lelord: Copyright
HECTOR ISN’T EXACTLY A YOUNG PSYCHIATRIST ANY MORE
ONCE upon a time, there was a young psychiatrist called Hector.
Actually, Hector wasn’t exactly a young psychiatrist any more. Although he wasn’t an old psychiatrist yet, either. From a distance, you could still have taken him for a young student, but up close you could see that he was already a real doctor with some experience behind him.
Hector