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Overview"In cool, precise prose, and with an unerring sense of the absurd, the four novellas of Compulsory Happiness create a picture of everyday life in a grotesque police state, expressing terror and hope, fear and solidarity, the humorous triviality of the ordinary, and the painful search for an ideal. ""Norman Manea's four novellas, written during the later Ceausescu years, offer a comparable contrast to other Eastern European dissident writing. Instead of the energetic irony, the ebullient absurdism, the sharp-eyed wit, we find a dreamy disconnection, a voice that shock has lowered, an air of sweetness driven mad.""—Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times ""Mr. Manea's voice is radically new, and we are blessedly awakened and alerted by the demand his fiction makes on our understanding.""—Lore Segal, New York Times Book Review" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Norman Manea , Linda CoverdalePublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780300182958ISBN 10: 0300182953 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 24 April 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsNorman Manea's four novellas, written during the later Ceausescu years, offer a comparable contrast to other Eastern European dissident writing. Instead of the energetic irony, the ebullient absurdism, the sharp-eyed wit, we find a dreamy disconnection, a voice that shock has lowered, an air of sweetness driven mad. (Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times) Mr. Manea's voice is radically new, and we are blessedly awakened and alerted by the demand his fiction makes on our understanding. (Lore Segal, New York Times Book Review) The four novellas in this collection portray the psychological discomfort of living in a police state... Hauntingly well done. (Library Journal) “Mr. Manea’s voice is radically new, and we are blessedly awakened and alerted by the demand his fiction makes on our understanding.”—Lore Segal, New York Times Book Review “Norman Manea’s four novellas, written during the later Ceausescu years, offer a comparable contrast to other Eastern European dissident writing. Instead of the energetic irony, the ebullient absurdism, the sharp-eyed wit, we find a dreamy disconnection, a voice that shock has lowered, an air of sweetness driven mad.”—Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times Author InformationNorman Manea is Francis Flournoy Professor of European Culture and writer-in-residence at Bard College. Deported from his native Romania to a Ukrainian concentration camp during World War Two, he was again forced to leave Romania in 1986, no longer safe under an intolerant Communist dictatorship. Since arriving in the West he has received many awards, including the Star of Romania, awarded by the Romanian president in 2016. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in New York City. An award-winning translator, Linda Coverdale has translated many classic works of modern French literature into English. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |