by Sibylle Berg · Philipp Reclam Jun Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783379015776
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«Ein paar Leute suchen das Glück und lachen sich tot» is the novel by Sibylle Berg, published by Reclam in paperback (180 pages, in German).
A group of people seeks happiness in their everyday lives, amid desires, relationships, and routines. With a satirical tone and a tragic outcome, Sibylle Berg portrays a contemporary society marked by absurdity and hopelessness.
Novel originally published in 1997. This edition belongs to the Reclam-Bibliothek collection (number 1577).
For readers of contemporary literary fiction, with a taste for social satire and black humor.
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.
