by Sibylle Berg · Reclam Philipp Jun. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150215777
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«Ein paar Leute suchen das Glück und lachen sich tot» is Sibylle Berg's satirical novel (Reclam Philipp Jun., paperback, 192 pages, in German).
Several characters seek happiness in an absurd and superficial world. Through brief episodes narrated from different perspectives, Sibylle Berg combines black humor and precise observation to portray loneliness, despair and existential emptiness, with a fierce critique of the entertainment society.
Number 21577 in the Reclam Taschenbuch collection; the work was originally published in 1997 and this edition appeared in 2008.
Sibylle Berg jokes that «Ein paar Leute suchen das Glück und lachen sich tot» is a good gift for readers aged 18 to 25.
Sibylle Berg is a German-Swiss contemporary author, playwright, and member of the European Parliament. They write novels, essays, short fiction, plays, radio plays, and columns. Their 18 books have been translated into 30 languages. They have won numerous awards, including the Thüringer Literaturpreis, the Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis, and the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis. They have become an iconic figure in German alternative sub-cultures, gaining a large fan base among the LGBT community and the European artistic communities. They live in Switzerland and Israel. Their 2019 work GRM. Brainfuck, a science fiction novel set in a dystopian near future won the Swiss Book Prize and was noticed by The Washington Post. It reached fourth place on the Spiegel Bestseller list, with the sequel, RCE, entering the list as highest entry of the week at place 14. On 1 March 2023 Berg was invited as special guest to open the high-profile Elevate Festival in Graz, Austria.
