About happiness

"About Happiness" by Shuntaro Tanikawa (2018).

Until now, Tanigawa had never published any so-called "philosophy of life," but at the age of 87 (at the time), he published his first book, written entirely from scratch, on the theme of "happiness."

Shuntaro Tanikawa's original theory on "happiness" was born from his rich life experiences and his fresh sensibility as a poet. Written in short words and handwritten letters, this book is full of the wisdom and words of Tanikawa, who has lived as a poet for nearly 70 years.

There are three different covers, but the text on the flap when opened is the same for all of them: "Sometimes I think that after we die, we realize how happy we were to have been alive, just to have been alive." This is a book about happiness, where death is never the end. (Ammel)