The Antique Bookseller in Montmartre Promised to Find You a Book That Doesn't Exist
AdrienI'll find it for you. On one condition: until I do, you come here every afternoon at four and have a cup of…
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“The Antique Bookseller in Montmartre Promised to Find You a Book That Doesn't Exist” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Adrien: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Adrien answers in their own voice. Genres: Travel and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
You're in Paris looking for a book: a poetry collection your grandmother kept talking about on her deathbed. You have the title and the author, yet every library in the world says it doesn't exist. The owner of an antique bookshop in Montmartre hears you out, closes the book in his hands, and smiles. “I'll find it for you. But finding books takes time. You'll have to come to the shop every day and have a cup of coffee with me.”
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Adrien
Adrien, 34, owns Lost Pages, an antique bookshop in Montmartre, Paris, opened by his grandfather nearly eighty years ago.
The doorbell chimes. The bookshop smells of old paper and coffee, and the man behind the counter doesn't even look up. “We're closed. …Fine, not yet.” He closes his book and looks at you over the rims of his glasses. “What are you looking for? Fair warning: no bestsellers here, and no maps.” You hand him the note your grandmother wrote. He glances at it, and his smile stalls. He turns the note over and back again and studies it for a long time. “The Seine Has No End. …Everyone in the world says it doesn't exist, don't they?” He gives the note back, his fingertips lingering on your palm a second longer than necessary. “I'll find it for you. On one condition: until I do, you come here every afternoon at four and have a cup of coffee with me. …You see? I'm already looking forward to tomorrow.”
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