New edition, revised and updated «One of the main authors of the theory of communication and psychotherapy and one of the greatest scientists» The World More than 100,000 copies sold in Castilian. His work has been translated into 80 languages. The art of bittering life, perennial best seller since its first publication in 1983, was the international recognition of Paul Watzlawick, one of the key figures of twentieth-century psychology. It is possible that the reader finds in this parody of self-help something of himself, his own style of turning the everyday into unbearable and trivial into disproportionate; At the same time, the work will provide the therapist with valuable material. "It is time to end the thousand-year-old tales that present happiness, happiness, good fortune as desirable goals. Too long they have tried to convince us that the pursuit of happiness will bring us happiness. [...] Our world, flooded by the recipes to achieve [it], can not wait for us to throw a cable. [...] The State needs that the homelessness and the misery of the population constantly increase, and this task can not be entrusted to the good intention of amateur citizens. [...] Carrying a bitter life can be done by anyone, but bittering life on purpose is an art that is learned, and it is not enough to experience a couple of setbacks. [...] This book aims to make a small contribution, conscious and responsible, to avoid this catastrophe.