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Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy
- Title
- Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall.
- Author
- Bruckner, Pascal.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 11-821 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 244 p.; 23 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Euphorie perpétuelle. English
- Alternative Title
- Euphorie perpétuelle.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Life as a dream and a lie -- The golden age and after? -- The disciplines of beatitude -- The bittersweet saga of dullness -- The extremists of routine -- Real life is not absent -- "The fat, prosperous elevation of the average, the mediocre" -- What is happiness for some is kitsch for others -- If money doesn't make you happy, give it back! -- The crime of suffering -- Impossible wisdom -- Conclusion Madame Verdurin's croissant.
- Call Number
- JFD 11-821
- ISBN
- 9780691143736 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0691143730 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009039254
- OCLC
- YBP 2009039254
- Author
- Bruckner, Pascal.
- Title
- Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall.
- Imprint
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 11-821