Almost Happy
Almost Happy
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Summary
The what-ifs in life are often misunderstood. We mourn the path we did not take, the lover we did not kiss. We believe we are unhappy, or just Almost Happy, because we are missing out or have not achieved what we planned and desire so strongly.
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Almost Happy by Ella Voss
The modern notion of happiness – a state of constant joy when ticking off the shopping list of life, including marriage, children and a career – is a tricky one: Either it is unattainable, or it does not lead to the expected fulfilment. Instead, we need to make sense of our life journey on our own terms. And at its crossroads we feel most alive and encounter our true selves. Rather than mourning the lover we did not kiss or the path we did not take, this book celebrates the Almost Happy of such encounters. In 12 short stories accompanied by personal essays, Ella Voss takes us on a wild journey of soul-searching. She makes us walk beside a panther in New York and encounter Gaudí in Barcelona. Her journey takes us from India to Paris to Bali, to the deepest abyss of the human soul and back.
Ella Voss is an author of literary fiction based in Munich. After having lived in Geneva, London and Chennai, her creative soul speaks English. Her first novel Like a Fox to a Swallow (2021) was long-listed for the Devon & Cornwall International Novel Prize. When not writing, she can be found cooking for her friends or running with her greyhound in the English Garden.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781805141051 |
| ISBN 10 | 1805141058 |
| Title | Almost Happy |
| Author | Ella Voss |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Troubador Publishing |
| Year published | 2023-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |