{"product_id":"happiness-by-yuri-felsen","title":"Happiness by Yuri Felsen","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1932) is the second novel in Yuri Felsen’s cycle\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Recurrence of Things Past,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003efollowing the critically acclaimed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/deceit-by-yuri-felsen?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=217c1003f\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Written as a diary addressed to his beloved Lyolya, it unfolds as an intense stream of consciousness in which Volodya – its anxious, self-scrutinising narrator – revisits the fragile equilibrium of their difficult relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhen new figures enter Lyolya’s orbit, Volodya’s hard-won certainties begin to collapse. Forced to contend with a series of rivals – a Soviet film star, a dashing ex-soldier, a wealthy businessman – he is driven ever deeper into jealousy and self-analysis, with tragic results. As the relationship fractures, Volodya probes the uneasy bond between emotional suffering and artistic creation, and the elusive nature of happiness itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSet among the exiled Russian community of interwar Paris,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers both a vivid social snapshot and an unnerving psychological portrait. Felsen’s exploration of desire, rivalry, masculinity and self-deception, shaped by shifting sexual and emotional mores, feels strikingly modern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth subtle and profound in its exploration of love, art, literature, and human frailty, the book traces the tormented romance of its protagonist alongside his artistic evolution, standing at the forefront of aesthetic and philosophical currents in European modernism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56539721695610,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/9781913513849.jpg?v=1770205425","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/happiness-by-yuri-felsen","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}