My American unhappiness
"Why are you so unhappy?" That's the question that Zeke Pappas, a thirty-three-year-old scholar, asks almost everybody he meets as part of an obsessive project, "The Inventory of American Unhappiness." The answers he receives -- a mix of true sadness and absurd complaint -- create a collage of woe....
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2011.
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| Summary: | "Why are you so unhappy?" That's the question that Zeke Pappas, a thirty-three-year-old scholar, asks almost everybody he meets as part of an obsessive project, "The Inventory of American Unhappiness." The answers he receives -- a mix of true sadness and absurd complaint -- create a collage of woe. Zeke, meanwhile, remains delightfully oblivious to the increasingly harsh realities that threaten his daily routine, opting instead to focus his energy on finding the perfect mate so that he can gain custody of his orphaned nieces. Following steps outlined in a women's magazine, the ever-optimistic Zeke identifies some "prospects" a newly divorced neighbor, a coffeehouse barista, his administrative assistant, and Sofia Coppola ("Why not aim high?") -- From Amazon.com. |
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| Physical Description: | 277 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780151013449 0151013446 |
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