num_pages: 189
description: Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man.
language: German
title: Der glückliche Tod
titlecomplete: Der glückliche Tod
characters: Roland Zagreus, Patrice Mersault
genres: Fiction, France, Philosophy, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 17126
places: Algeria
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag