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Happy Are the Happy : A Novel by Yasmina Reza is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Happy Are the Happy : A Novel about?

"Happy are the loved ones and the lovers and those who can do without love. Happy are the happy." --Jorge Luis BorgesThis citation of Borges resonates with every character in Yasmina Reza's novel, except that they are never so lucky. In fact, what happens to them is the exact opposite of what they crave. The twenty short chapters that make up this unusual book deal with both marital and extramarital vicissitudes, the elusiveness of intimacy, the fear of loneliness, and the desire to be loved or at least understood just once in our lives. The mixing of tones--cruelty and despair competing with humor and fantasy--and the quality of the monologues--taut and highly original--adds to the novel's virtuosity. This is without a doubt Reza's most accomplished work.

Who reads Happy Are the Happy : A Novel?

Author

Yasmina Reza

Publisher

Other Press (NY)

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590516928

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.7 / 5 (179 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14