by Norman Manea · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483103746
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«Felicidad obligatoria» is a book of four short stories by Norman Manea, published by Tusquets Editores in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
Four stories in a police state: «El interrogatorio» shows the fragility of the executioner; «Biografía robot» follows comrades in Bucharest; «Una ventana a la clase trabajadora» brings an injustice before the Supreme Court, and «La gabardina» arouses suspicion over a coat like the security police's.
Original title: Fericirea obligatorie (1993). In Tusquets, it belongs to the Andanzas collection, no. 627.
Work for readers of short fiction and those interested in Romanian literature and everyday life under an authoritarian regime.
Norman Manea is a Romanian writer and author of short fiction, novels, and essays about the Holocaust, daily life in a communist state, and exile. He lives in the United States, where he is a Professor and writer in residence at Bard College.
