The Atlas of Happiness

While working on her book about happiness in Danish, the author collected many stories that inspired her to create a kind of second part. In the new work, she brings together the best happiness concepts from different countries around the world. This is a real catalog of traditional ways to find joy and harmony practiced in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and other continents. You’ll learn what Brazilian saudade is, what Costa Rican pura vida is, Chinese xinf u, and Danish hygge? [Note: text says “абайдсглю”] (as written). You’ll be surprised that it’s possible to find happiness in sadness, and you’ll surely enjoy reading about the concept of finding pleasure in work.

Along with descriptions of these concepts, the author provides simple recipes for putting them into practice. Every one of us has a chance to become happier, to learn to enjoy life, and to overcome gloom. There are thousands of ways to do it!