Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy: Book 3 by Tove Ditlevsen (English) Paperback

Description: Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen, Michael Favala Goldman The final volume in the renowned Danish poet Tove Ditlevsens autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy ("A masterpiece" -- The Guardian ). F ollowing Childhood and Youth , Dependency is the searing portrait of a womans journey through love, friendship, ambition, and addiction, from one of Denmarks most celebrated twentieth century writers Tove is only twenty, but shes already famous, a published poet, and the wife of a much older literary editor. Her path in life seems set, yet 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 Toves 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. The final volume in the Copenhagen Trilogy, and arguably Ditlevsens masterpiece, Dependency is a dark and blisteringly honest account of addiction, and the way out. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Tove Ditlevsen was 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: Childhood (1967), Youth (1967), and Dependency (1971). She died in 1976. Review Quote "Tove Ditlevsens writing is both engulfing and totally controlled. She knows things about life. But just as important, she has a rare capacity to build from the tragic blocks of her life a perfect and eviscerating story. The greatness of her writing feels like an unsolvable mystery: far away, and up above." --Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars Room "[The Copenhagen Trilogy] is an absolute tour de force, the final volume in particular. Theyre as brilliant as Id been led to expect, but also surprisingly intense and elegant . . . [Ditlevsens writing] is crystal clear and vividly, painfully raw." --Lucy Scholes, The Paris Review "Readers will find [Ditlevsens] ruthless self-scrutiny both admirable and shocking." --Margaret Quamme, Booklist "Mordant, vibrantly confessional . . . A masterpiece." --Liz Jensen, The Guardian "The best books I have read this year. These volumes slip in like a stiletto and do their work once inside. Thrilling." --John Self, New Statesman "Both [The Copenhagen Trilogy and Elena Ferrantes Neapolitan Novels] depict, with first-hand grittiness and luminous subjectivity, bookish girls growing up in working-class districts, whether in 1950s Naples or 1930s Copenhagen. From an artistic viewpoint, Ditlevsens work is the more interesting . . . She looks the slimy and intolerable in the eye and burnishes it into cut glass. Shes a writer who, like Jean Rhys, explores the seamy ambiguities of female abjection - with a voice whose power blasts through." --Lucasta Miller, The Times Literary Supplement "Astonishing, honest, entirely revealing and, in the end, devastating. Ditlevsens 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." --Alex Preston, Observer Details ISBN0374539413 Author Michael Favala Goldman Short Title Dependency Pages 160 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0374539413 ISBN-13 9780374539412 Format Paperback Series Number 3 Audience General/Trade Subtitle The Copenhagen Trilogy: Book 3 Publication Date 2021-01-26 Publisher Fsg Originals Imprint Fsg Originals Series The Copenhagen Trilogy Translator Michael Favala Goldman UK Release Date 2021-01-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131060251;

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