Happy Life
David Foenkinos, Sam Taylor (translator)
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Publisher / Imprint
Pushkin Press
Pushkin Press
Publication Date
July 14, 2026
July 14, 2026
Format
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Pages
224
224
ISBN-13
978-1-80-533441-5
978-1-80-533441-5
Everyone, at some point in their lives, wants to be someone else. Eric Kherson—40, divorced, distracted—is spiraling. He has devoted his life to a successful career as the marketing director of a leading sports brand. But when family disaster rocks him to his core, he finds himself adrift from his family and questioning all his choices.
That is, until an acquaintance from his schooldays offers him a high-powered government position. Desperate for escape, he throws himself into her enigmatic world of high-risk deals and endless networking, doing anything it takes to get a contract signed.
But on a business trip to Seoul, Eric starts feeling worse than ever. Wandering the city's streets, he comes across Happy Life, a store that offers its customers something that could change their lives: a fake funeral. Happy Life will write your eulogy, arrange the flowers, and allow you to lie inside your own coffin. Why? They believe the experience will help you reinvent yourself.
But above all for Eric, Happy Life sparks a business venture of his own that might do just that…
That is, until an acquaintance from his schooldays offers him a high-powered government position. Desperate for escape, he throws himself into her enigmatic world of high-risk deals and endless networking, doing anything it takes to get a contract signed.
But on a business trip to Seoul, Eric starts feeling worse than ever. Wandering the city's streets, he comes across Happy Life, a store that offers its customers something that could change their lives: a fake funeral. Happy Life will write your eulogy, arrange the flowers, and allow you to lie inside your own coffin. Why? They believe the experience will help you reinvent yourself.
But above all for Eric, Happy Life sparks a business venture of his own that might do just that…
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Edition Info
Publisher / Imprint
Pushkin Press
Pushkin Press
Publication Date
July 14, 2026
July 14, 2026
Format
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Pages
224
224
ISBN-13
978-1-80-533441-5
978-1-80-533441-5