The Shelf Life of Happiness (2013)

by David Machado

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Ripped apart by Portugal's financial crisis, Daniel's family is struggling to adjust to circumstances beyond their control. His wife and children move out to live with family hours away, but Daniel believes against all odds that he will find a job and everything will return to normal.Even as he loses his home, suffers severe damage to his car, and finds himself living in his old, abandoned office building, Daniel fights the realization that things have changed. He's unable to see what remains among the rubble--friendship, his family's love, and people's deep desire to connect. If Daniel can let go of the past and find his true self, he just might save not only himself but also everyone that really matters to him.… (more)

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A gazdasági válság egész családokat sodort a reménytelenségbe. Az átlagos, biztonságos életből szó szerint az utcára, apa és biztonság nélkül pedig a gyerekek is veszélybe kerültek. Megjelenik itt az anyák robotolása, hogy túléljenek, az apák büszkesége, a gyerekek különböző megküzdési stratégiái. Keresik a fogódzókat, miközben a felnőttek is elvesztették.

A fennmaradásért küzdés közben felmerül, hogy meddig maradhatunk a gyerekek/kamaszok világában. Vajon meddig tudunk beszélni egymással? Mitől tudjuk megóvni őket és mitől nem? Hogy ne csapódjon drogos bandához, ne karikázza a szavakat az újságban vagy ne érezze, hogy boldogtalan.

Sokszor nem tudtam letenni, hajnalba nyúlóan olvastam. Nagyon izgalmas, összetett, és ki gondolná, de végül reményt adó írás. Minden főbb szereplő közel került hozzám, és a végére még az is a helyére rázódott, hogy a narrátor a barátjához intézi az egész monológot. Csak attól kapartam a falat, hogy nem tudtam meg mindenki egyéni boldogság-indexét, csak az átlagot!

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
David Machado	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Locke, Hillary	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Dublin Literary Award (Longlist – 2018)

European Union Prize for Literature (Winner – Portugal – 2015)

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Índice Médio de Felicidade

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2013

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To Maria and Martim, the future

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Look, Almodôvar. First of all, you weren’t here.

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Portuguese

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Ripped apart by Portugal's financial crisis, Daniel's family is struggling to adjust to circumstances beyond their control. His wife and children move out to live with family hours away, but Daniel believes against all odds that he will find a job and everything will return to normal.Even as he loses his home, suffers severe damage to his car, and finds himself living in his old, abandoned office building, Daniel fights the realization that things have changed. He's unable to see what remains among the rubble--friendship, his family's love, and people's deep desire to connect. If Daniel can let go of the past and find his true self, he just might save not only himself but also everyone that really matters to him.

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