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The Trouble with Happiness : and Other Stories I årene efter Anden VerdenskrigAn unforgettable collection of stories from the author of The Copenhagen Trilogy. 'The most important thing is probably always precisely the thing you can't have. That's where all the happiness is'In these brief, acid sharp stories of love, marriage and family from one of Denmark's most celebrated writers, the ordinary events of everyday life a wife anxious not to wake her husband, a little boy losing his father's beloved knife, a woman's obsessive