{"product_id":"happiness-by-yuri-felsen","title":"HAPPINESS by Yuri Felsen","description":"\u003cp\u003e112 x 178mm, 260 pages, Black \u0026amp; white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHappiness (1932) is the second novel in Yuri Felsen’s cycle The Recurrence of Things Past. Written as a diary addressed to his beloved Lyolya, it unfolds as an intense stream of consciousness in which Volodya – its anxious, self-scrutinising narrator – revisits the fragile equilibrium of their difficult relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen new figures enter Lyolya’s orbit, Volodya’s hard-won certainties begin to collapse. Forced to contend with a series of rivals – a Soviet film star, a dashing ex-soldier, a wealthy businessman – he is driven ever deeper into jealousy and self-analysis, with tragic results. As the relationship fractures, Volodya probes the uneasy bond between emotional suffering and artistic creation, and the elusive nature of happiness itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet among the exiled Russian community of interwar Paris, Happiness offers both a vivid social snapshot and an unnerving psychological portrait. Felsen’s exploration of desire, rivalry, masculinity and self-deception, shaped by shifting sexual and emotional mores, feels strikingly modern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Bryan Karetnyk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prototype Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56489095004546,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/5338\/0582\/files\/IMG_1185001.jpg?v=1774279735","url":"https:\/\/goodpress.co.uk\/products\/happiness-by-yuri-felsen","provider":"Good Press — good books \u0026 more","version":"1.0","type":"link"}