{"product_id":"childhood-youth-dependency-tove-ditlevsen","title":"Childhood, Youth, Dependency (Tove Ditlevsen)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms, \u003ci\u003eThe Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is a searingly honest, utterly immersive portrayal of love, friendship, art, ambition and the terrible lure of addiction, from one of Denmark's most celebrated twentieth-century writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sharp, tough and tender ... wrenching sadness and pitch-black comedy ... Ditlevsen can pivot from hilarity to heartbreak in a trice' Boyd Tonkin \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Astonishing, honest, entirely revealing and, in the end, devastating. Ditlevsen's trilogy is remarkable not only for its honesty and lyricism; these are books that journey deep into the darkest reaches of human experience and return, fatally wounded, but still eloquent'\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best books I have read this year. These volumes slip in like a stiletto and do their work once inside. Thrilling' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTove Ditlevsen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1917 in a working-class neighbourhood in Copenhagen. Her first volume of poetry was published when she was in her early twenties, and was followed by many more books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Faces\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVilhelm's Room\u003c\/i\u003e and her autobiographical masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eChildhood \u003c\/i\u003e(1967), \u003ci\u003eYouth \u003c\/i\u003e(1967) and \u003ci\u003eDependency \u003c\/i\u003e(1971). She married four times and died by suicide in 1976.\n\u003cb\u003eTiina Nunnally\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator (from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) and novelist. She was awarded the prestigious PEN Translation Prize in 2001 for her translation of the third volume of Sigrid Undset's \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e, and her translations of Hans Christian Andersen and Tove Ditlevsen for Penguin Classics have been widely praised.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65805649674589,"sku":"K089064471","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8906447100001A.jpg?v=1788468643","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/childhood-youth-dependency-tove-ditlevsen","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}