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marcovaglica's review against another edition
3.0
Si conclude con questo volume la trilogia di Copenaghen, autobiografia spietata dell’autrice. Rispetto ai due precedenti libri, si esplorano nuovi temi, ancora più cupi e profondi, quali il divorzio, l’aborto e la dipendenza da droghe. Il terzo romanzo breve dell’autrice danese dà una degna conclusione a una storia buia e commovente, una storia che rimanda sicuramente ad altre autrici, ma che rimane originale e del tutto piacevole.
jamesdanielhorn's review against another edition
4.0
Mama Mia! This this a solid ending to an amazing trilogy. Breathless, simple but elegant prose take us through the final act of Ditlevsen’s life.
While the this is the darkest of the three, it is also the richest in depth. Of the three, this one is the best stand alone, and while it does drop the reader into her life right after her first marriage. I think they are best read combined, but one could argue that enough is explained that you could read this without the other two. Regardless, this work is rife with beautiful turns of phrase even when talking about heartbreaking subjects. Take this bit from after her abortion:
“I don’t regret what I did, but in the dark, tarnished corridors of my mind there is a faint impression, like a child’s footprints in damp sand.”
And that is in translation!
Anyway. Read the whole collection it’s great.
While the this is the darkest of the three, it is also the richest in depth. Of the three, this one is the best stand alone, and while it does drop the reader into her life right after her first marriage. I think they are best read combined, but one could argue that enough is explained that you could read this without the other two. Regardless, this work is rife with beautiful turns of phrase even when talking about heartbreaking subjects. Take this bit from after her abortion:
“I don’t regret what I did, but in the dark, tarnished corridors of my mind there is a faint impression, like a child’s footprints in damp sand.”
And that is in translation!
Anyway. Read the whole collection it’s great.
_carlibri_'s review against another edition
4.0
Nel terzo volume della Trilogia di Copenaghen, Tove Ditlevsen racconta la sua età adulta, contrassegnata dalla "dipendenza" che dà il titolo al libro.
Una dipendenza in senso lato, che va da quella da sostanze a quella affettiva. L'autrice, infatti, avrà a che fare con tanti uomini nella sua vita, e con alcuni di essi avrà anche dei figli.
Infine, non manca la dipendenza dalla scrittura, che sarà una costante salvifica della sua vita e della sua lotta verso la libertà da sostanze e amori infelici.
Ho trovato delle somiglianze con Sylvia Plath e Virginia Woolf, nonostante comunque le autrici abbiano vissuto vite molto diverse.
Di sicuro il loro rapporto con la scrittura è simbiotico ed è un vero rapporto d'amore.
Una dipendenza in senso lato, che va da quella da sostanze a quella affettiva. L'autrice, infatti, avrà a che fare con tanti uomini nella sua vita, e con alcuni di essi avrà anche dei figli.
Infine, non manca la dipendenza dalla scrittura, che sarà una costante salvifica della sua vita e della sua lotta verso la libertà da sostanze e amori infelici.
Ho trovato delle somiglianze con Sylvia Plath e Virginia Woolf, nonostante comunque le autrici abbiano vissuto vite molto diverse.
Di sicuro il loro rapporto con la scrittura è simbiotico ed è un vero rapporto d'amore.
litteratursaga's review against another edition
4.0
En slående vacker roman. Jag drogs med och sympatiserade med Toves drogmissbruk. Jag känner igen mig i Toves psykiska sjukdom, inte för att min var samma som hennes, utan för att hon målade upp det på ett sådant sätt att jag välkomnades in och kände mig förstådd.
Valet av titel är genialisk, ordet gift har länge fascinerat mig i sin dubbla bemärkelse. För Tove badar hon i giftet och giftermål, hon är beroende av narkotika och männen i hennes liv, och ibland i män för att ge henne det älskade giftet.
Ditlevsens språk är hänförande vackert och ärligt. Oerhört smärtsamt att läsa för att den så väl speglar verkligheten av hennes upplevelse som narkoman och hur det, precis som en våldsam relation, sker långsamt.
Valet av titel är genialisk, ordet gift har länge fascinerat mig i sin dubbla bemärkelse. För Tove badar hon i giftet och giftermål, hon är beroende av narkotika och männen i hennes liv, och ibland i män för att ge henne det älskade giftet.
Ditlevsens språk är hänförande vackert och ärligt. Oerhört smärtsamt att läsa för att den så väl speglar verkligheten av hennes upplevelse som narkoman och hur det, precis som en våldsam relation, sker långsamt.
slowshows's review against another edition
i think more than the other books in this series, this one really reads like a memoir. as the title suggests, it deals a lot with addiction, especially in the second part, which was tough to get through.
in terms of the way this is written, again, just as in the last one, if felt more like a chronicle of events, but it’s also understandable why. there’s both a certain coldness to the writing, to the way ditlevsen describes her life, of her actions, and those of the people close to her, but there’s also i think an underlying compassion to it all. we do harm on others, even the ones we love, and they do harm on us.
i have to sit with it for a while i think. i do wish the ending hadn’t felt so rushed, the meeting with victor felt sudden and almost unexplained, but maybe that was the point (i assume at the moment of publication they were still together).
please do be warned that this deals a lot with addiction, and goes in detail in the second part into these episodes, as well as the time spent in the rehab centre.
in terms of the way this is written, again, just as in the last one, if felt more like a chronicle of events, but it’s also understandable why. there’s both a certain coldness to the writing, to the way ditlevsen describes her life, of her actions, and those of the people close to her, but there’s also i think an underlying compassion to it all. we do harm on others, even the ones we love, and they do harm on us.
i have to sit with it for a while i think. i do wish the ending hadn’t felt so rushed, the meeting with victor felt sudden and almost unexplained, but maybe that was the point (i assume at the moment of publication they were still together).
please do be warned that this deals a lot with addiction, and goes in detail in the second part into these episodes, as well as the time spent in the rehab centre.
josienaron's review against another edition
don’t really know how to rate this one. yow. just an absolutely searing account of addiction, although I’m very curious how it would read if you didn’t read the prior two volumes in the trilogy
pearloz's review against another edition
4.0
Great conclusion of the trilogy, this one concerning, as the title suggest, her surprisingly consuming addiction. I was really surprised by quickly she went from husband to husband. The writing was of course compulsively readable and the subject of her life is engaging and propulsive. Hope there are more non-fiction titles coming. Can't wait to read her fiction.
flannery512's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this series—and the comparison to Ferrante's Neapolitan novel is correct. (Although this series is much shorter!)