Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall.

Author: Bruckner, Pascal.

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Descriptionx, 244 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Includes index.

Note:Life as a dream and a lie -- The golden age and after? -- The disciplines of beatitude -- The bittersweet saga of dullness -- The extremists of routine -- Real life is not absent -- "The fat, prosperous elevation of the average, the mediocre" -- What is happiness for some is kitsch for others -- If money doesn't make you happy, give it back! -- The crime of suffering -- Impossible wisdom -- Conclusion Madame Verdurin's croissant.

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