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The Trouble With Happiness : And Other Stories
Paperback Edition: 1
A shimmering collection of stories from the author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated into English for the first time
A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife's beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of love, marriage and family life in mid-century Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence and despair, as women and men dream of escaping their conventional roles and finding freedom and happiness - without ever truly understanding what that might mean.
Pages : 160
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Publication date : 2022-05-03
Subjects: Fiction, Contemporary, Short Stories