| Record Number |
844560 |
| ISBN |
9780241457573 (paperback) |
| Author |
Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, 1917-1976 author. |
| Title |
Childhood, youth, dependency : the Copenhagen trilogy / translated by Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Penguin Books, 2020. |
| ©2019 |
| Pagination etc. |
369 pages ; 20 cm |
| Series |
The Copenhagen trilogy 1-3 |
| Penguin modern classics |
| Contents note |
Childhood and Youth first published in Denmark as Barndom and Ungdom 1967, translations first published in the USA by The Seal Press 1985. Dependency first published in Denmark as Gift 1967, translation first published in Penguin Books 2019. |
| Childhood -- Youth -- Dependency. |
| Summary Note |
Growing up in a working-class neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Tove feels that her childhood is made for a completely different girl. As 'long, mysterious words begin to crawl across my soul', she comes to understand that she has a vocation that will define her life. Her path seems assured, but she has no idea of the struggles ahead - love affairs, wanted and unwanted pregnancies, artistic failure and destructive addiction. As the years go by, the central tension of Tove's life comes into painful focus- the terrible lure of dependency, in all its forms, and the possibility of living freely and fearlessly - as an artist on her own terms. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Danish. |
| Subject - Name |
Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, -- 1917-1976 |
| Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, -- 1917-1976 -- Childhood and youth |
| Subject |
Women authors, Danish -- 20th century -- Biography |
| Poets, Danish -- 20th century -- Biography |
| Copenhagen (Denmark) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century |
| Autobiographies. |
| Added Author |
Nunnally, Tiina, 1952- translator. |
| Goldman, Michael (Michael Favala) translator. |
Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, 1917-1976 Barndom.
English |
Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, 1917-1976 Ungdom.
English |
Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, 1917-1976 Gift.
English |
| Shelf Location |
839.81372 DITL |
