num_pages: 259
description: In cool, precise prose, and with an unerring sense of the absurd, Norman Manea's four novellas create a picture of everyday life in a grotesque police state, expressing terror and hope, fear and solidarity, the humorous triviality of the ordinary, and the painful search for an ideal.
language: English
title: Compulsory Happiness
titlecomplete: Compulsory Happiness (Writings From An Unbound Europe)
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Romanian Literature, Romania
ratings_count: 120
publisher: Northwestern University Press