The Copenhagen Trilogy
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The Copenhagen Trilogy
An intimate confession from one of the most important Danish authors of the twentieth century
Now a cult classic trilogy in Denmark, originally published as three slim volumes, this work transports the reader to Copenhagen between the 1930s and 1970s. Tove Ditlevsen tells her life story: she came from a simple working-class background and sought to escape into the world of literature as soon as she could. The book portrays complex female friendships, marriages devoid of feeling and understanding, motherhood and unwanted pregnancies, passionate affairs, being torn between two men, addiction to alcohol and drugs, but above all, an addiction to writing.
The author became a famous poet at just seventeen, but she also wrote novels, short stories, essays, and memoirs. She ended her own life in 1976. Although contemporary critics did not take her seriously due to her working-class origins and the simple fact that she was a woman, she ultimately established herself as one of the most compelling voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, resonating with readers worldwide with the same intensity today.
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An undeniable masterpiece that can fill a certain kind of inner void. [...] It's a bit like discovering that the heroines of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels really lived.
— The New York Times
In today's individualistic culture, writers so often preoccupy themselves with their own lives that the reader soon becomes bored. Standing as a complete revelation against this trend is Tove Ditlevsen's ruthless 1971 confession — the author is completely uncompromising in her portrayal of a life lived by middle-class standards, yet this relentlessness pursues her, her husbands, and those around her in equal measure.
— Weekendavisen
Although The Copenhagen Trilogy is only a small part of the author's extraordinary legacy, the evocation of a working-class woman's struggle against the cultural elite or her own demons makes it a masterpiece in its own right.
— The Guardian
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