American rights: Emily Bestler Books. UK and Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann. Sold in Korea (Minumin) and the UK (Vintage) Film rights: Howard Sanders at UTA DAPHNE MERKIN DAPHNE MERKIN is a former books include ENCHANTMENT, staff writer for The New a novel, and the essay Yorker. One of the most sought collections DREAMING OF after cultural critics in the US, HITLER and THE FAME she has written regularly for LUNCHES, which was a New Elle, Vogue, The New York York Times Notable Book of the Times Magazine, and The New Year. She lives in New York York Times Book Review, City. among others. Her previous THIS CLOSE TO HAPPY A Reckoning with – Depression (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, February 2017) Born into privilege but deprived her own and other people’s of the most elemental human lives, and candidly discusses her warmth throughout her on-going quest to make sense of childhood, Daphne Merkin an illness that steadfastly showed signs of a melancholy refuses to succumb to rational disposition from an early age. explanations. Now, many decades later, she casts her penetrating gaze back Erudite and wide-ranging, on her life a life of intimate and unapologetic, THIS – considerable professional and CLOSE TO HAPPY is destined to artistic accomplishments, but join modern classics like William also a life lived in the shadow of Styron’s DARKNESS VISIBLE, often severe depression. Lewis Wolpert’s MALIGNANT SADNESS, and Andrew Trying to understand a Solomon’s THE NOONDAY condition that afflicts millions DEMON, as an essential text on all over the world, Merkin what Winston Churchill carefully investigates the famously called the Dog.” “Black possible causes of depression in World English rights: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Regal Hoffmann
American rights: Emily Bestler Books. UK and Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann. Sold in Korea (Minumin) and the UK (Vintage) Film rights: Howard Sanders at UTA DAPHNE MERKIN DAPHNE MERKIN is a former staff writer for The New Yorker. One of the most sought after cultural critics in the US, she has written regularly for Elle, Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review, among others. Her previous books include ENCHANTMENT, a novel, and the essay collections DREAMING OF HITLER and THE FAME LUNCHES, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She lives in New York City. THIS CLOSE TO HAPPY – A Reckoning with Depression (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, February 2017) Born into privilege but deprived of the most elemental human warmth throughout her childhood, Daphne Merkin showed signs of a melancholy disposition from an early age. Now, many decades later, she casts her penetrating gaze back on her life – a life of considerable professional and artistic accomplishments, but also a life lived in the shadow of often severe depression. Trying to understand a condition that afflicts millions all over the world, Merkin carefully investigates the possible causes of depression in her own and other people’s lives, and candidly discusses her on-going quest to make sense of an illness that steadfastly refuses to succumb to rational explanations. Erudite and wide-ranging, intimate and unapologetic, THIS CLOSE TO HAPPY is destined to join modern classics like William Styron’s DARKNESS VISIBLE, Lewis Wolpert’s MALIGNANT SADNESS, and Andrew Solomon’s THE NOONDAY DEMON, as an essential text on what Winston Churchill famously called the “Black Dog.” World English rights: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Regal Hoffmann
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