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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Prachtig verhaal met een interessante point of view en een impressionante vertaling.
"She tried to remember a poem, but they had all vanished, and she searched for them the way a child searches for her pacifier."
This is one of those books that I want to buy for myself and read and re-read. With themes of family, mental illness, and the duty one has to care about not only her children but all the children in the world, Tove Ditlevsen's The Faces should absolutely be a cult classic, if not simply a classic.
Lise is a children's book writer whose husband is unfaithful to an extravagant degree. When she begins hearing voices and seeing faces, she becomes convinced he will leave her and she will never write again. In a moment of despair, she takes sleeping pills and is committed to a hospital where she resigns herself to insanity. After all, it's easy once you get used to it.
Something about Scandinavian literature is so incredibly beautiful and haunting and reminds me of a crisp spring morning. This story has every right to be tender and strange and gorgeous and evidently shows the Ditlevsen's talent. Absolutely wonderful in its discussion of motherhood, family, and career.
This is one of those books that I want to buy for myself and read and re-read. With themes of family, mental illness, and the duty one has to care about not only her children but all the children in the world, Tove Ditlevsen's The Faces should absolutely be a cult classic, if not simply a classic.
Lise is a children's book writer whose husband is unfaithful to an extravagant degree. When she begins hearing voices and seeing faces, she becomes convinced he will leave her and she will never write again. In a moment of despair, she takes sleeping pills and is committed to a hospital where she resigns herself to insanity. After all, it's easy once you get used to it.
Something about Scandinavian literature is so incredibly beautiful and haunting and reminds me of a crisp spring morning. This story has every right to be tender and strange and gorgeous and evidently shows the Ditlevsen's talent. Absolutely wonderful in its discussion of motherhood, family, and career.
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ich hab das Buch in einem durchgelesen, der Schreibstil und die Geschichte haben mich so gefesselt und mir noch besser gefallen als die Kopenhagen-Trilogie.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement
Minor: Incest
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes