Compulsory Happiness - Hardcover

Manea, Norman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374127859 ISBN 13: 9780374127855

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993

Synopsis

Four novellas constitute a biography of a generation living in a police state and ravaged by fifty years of history, enduring war, the Holocaust, revolution, social change, and the triviality of the ordinary.

About this title

About the Author:

Norman Manea (born July 19, 1936) is a Jewish Romanian writer and author of short fiction, novels, and essays about the Holocaust, daily life in a communist state, and exile. He is a Francis Flournoy Professor of European Culture and writer in residence at Bard College. He currently lives in the United States.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French, Romanian

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0374127859
• ISBN 13: 9780374127855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 259