{"product_id":"the-copenhagen-trilogy-childhood-youth-dependency-paperback","title":"The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTove Ditlevsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTiina Nunnally\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMichael Favala Goldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalled \"a masterpiece\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and\u003ci\u003e The Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (1969-71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. \u003ci\u003eChildhood \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a misfit child's single-minded determination to become a poet; \u003ci\u003eYouth \u003c\/i\u003edescribes her early experiences of sex, work, and independence. \u003ci\u003eDependency\u003c\/i\u003e picks up the story as the narrator embarks on the first of her four marriages and goes on to describe her horrible descent into drug addiction, enabled by her sinister, gaslighting doctor-husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout, the narrator grapples with the tension between her vocation as a writer and her competing roles as daughter, wife, mother, and drug addict, and she writes about female experience and identity in a way that feels very fresh and pertinent to today's discussions around feminism. Ditlevsen's trilogy is remarkable for its intensity and its immersive depiction of a world of complex female friendships, family, and growing up--in this sense, it's Copenhagen's answer to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. She can also be seen as a spiritual forerunner of confessional writers like Karl Ove Knausgaard, Annie Ernaux, Rachel Cusk, and Deborah Levy. Her trilogy is drawn from her own experiences, but reads like the most compelling kind of fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in a working-class neighborhood in Copenhagen in 1917, Ditlevsen became famous for her poetry while still a teenager, and went on to write novels, stories, and memoirs before committing suicide in 1976. Having been dismissed by the critical establishment in her lifetime as a working-class female writer, she is now being rediscovered and championed as one of Denmark's most important modern authors, with \"Tove fever\" gripping readers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTove Ditlevsen \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1917 in a working-class neighborhood 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 three volumes of the Copenhagen Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eChildhood\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eYouth\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), and \u003ci\u003eDependency\u003c\/i\u003e (1971). She died in 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44695687561318,"sku":"9781250829788","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RWxnNzdHamdHSzJjMGc3VDRhYTFLQT09.webp?v=1770976279","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-copenhagen-trilogy-childhood-youth-dependency-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}