"A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of …
Even though she is trapped within the walls of a mental hospital where she eats soap, toothpaste, and even wall plaster in search of a dietary adventure, the narrator is happy and has faith in the goodwill of others, loves her enemies, and finds solace in the downtrodden.
At the opening of My Happy Life, the unnamed narrator has been abandoned in a locked room of a deserted mental hospital. She hasn't seen the nice man who brings her food in days; so she's eaten the soap, the toothpaste, and even tried to eat the plaster on her walls--a dietary a…
Even though she is trapped within the walls of a mental hospital where she eats soap, toothpaste, and even wall plaster in search of a dietary adventure, the narrator is happy and has faith in the goodwill of others, loves her enemies, and finds solace in the downtrodden.
From the original Atheneum edition jacket, 1964. "J.M.G. Le ClEzio, revelation of the literary year" ran the headline of the Paris Express after last year's prizes had been awarded. The Goncourt jury was locked five to five until its president used his double vote to give the pr…