Happy Life by David Foenkinos
'A tender and whimsical story' Elle
Everyone, at some point in their lives, wants to be someone else.
Eric Kherson - forty, divorced, disconnected - is questioning all his life choices. One meeting with an old school friend is all it takes for him to pack in his prestigious job and accept her offer of a high-powered government position.
He throws himself into her world of endless networking and high-risk deals, but when a business trip to Seoul starts unravelling, Eric feels more lost than ever. Wandering the city streets, he stumbles across Happy Life, a shop offering a curious service: fake funerals. For Eric, this encounter with death might be the very thing to reawaken his appetite for life...
David Foenkinos is the author of 17 novels which have been translated into 40 languages. His novel Delicacy was made into a film starring Audrey Tautou (2011). He received the 2014 Prix Renaudot and Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Charlotte. The Mystery of Henri Pick, Second Best and The Martins are also available from Pushkin Press.
Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator and novelist. He has translated more than 60 books from the French, including Laurent Binet's HHhH, Leïla Slimani's Lullaby and David Diop's Beyond the Door of No Return
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| ISBN 13 | 9781805334415 |
| ISBN 10 | 1805334417 |
| Title | Happy Life |
| Author | David Foenkinos |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2026-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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