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Childhood, Youth, Dependency

The Copenhagen Trilogy

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Childhood, Youth, Dependency

By: Tove Ditlevsen, Tiina Nunnally
Narrated by: Michael Favala Goldman, Mx Stine Wintlev
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Following one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms, The Copenhagen Trilogy 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 20th-century writers.

©2021 Tove Ditlevsen (P)2021 Penguin Audio Art & Literature Authors

Critic Reviews

"Utterly, agonisingly compulsive...a masterpiece." (Liz Jensen, Guardian)

"Sharp, tough and tender...wrenching sadness and pitch-black comedy. Ditlevsen can pivot from hilarity to heartbreak in a trice." (Boyd Tonkin, Spectator)

"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." (Observer)

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Interesting story of life in Copenhagen around WW2 but barely including it. Beautifully & practically descriptive & perfectly narrated, no sugar coating, some heartbreaking parts around mistaken reasons for abortion & drug dependency that both imply a deep inner hole dug for all the wrong reasons & a lifetime of trying to fill that hole with no awareness of the real connection why… a superbly clever author

Beautifully written & narrated.

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