Happiness
Will be published approx. on 12. March 2026
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Paperback/Softback
978-1-913513-84-9 (ISBN)
Description
Happiness is the second part of Yuri Felsen's The Recurrence of Things Past trilogy, following the critically acclaimed Deceit. Both subtle and profound in its exploration of love, art, literature, and human frailty, Felsen's trilogy traces the tormented romance of its protagonist alongside his artistic evolution, standing at the forefront of aesthetic and philosophical currents in European modernism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
192 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913513-84-9 (9781913513849)
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Yuri Felsen, pseudonym of Nikolai Freudenstein, was born in St Petersburg in 1894. He emigrated and settled in Paris in 1923 where he became one of the leading writers of his generation. Known by his contemporaries as 'the Russian Proust', Felsen died in the gas chambers at Auschwitz, his life and legacy destroyed by the Nazis.
Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His recent translations include major works by Gaito Gazdanov, Irina Odoevtseva and Boris Poplavsky. He is also the editor of the landmark Penguin Classics anthology Russian Emigre Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.
Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His recent translations include major works by Gaito Gazdanov, Irina Odoevtseva and Boris Poplavsky. He is also the editor of the landmark Penguin Classics anthology Russian Emigre Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.