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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
After reading Ditlevsen's [b: Copenhagen Trilogy|53317528|The Copenhagen Trilogy Childhood / Youth / Dependency|Tove Ditlevsen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1593377780l/53317528._SY75_.jpg|62438608] last year, I looked forward to reading her fiction. This short story collection does not disappoint. I loved getting into the mindset of each of her complicated, flawed protagonists.
Great but some are so short that you can’t get into the characters and story. None left like a clear lasting moral which I sort of expect from short stories. But I love her writing nonetheless that I enjoyed these.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
“Fight for all you hold dear, plays the worn old music maker, and an unnamed sadness swells inside my mind, because they are all dead or disappeared, and my brother and I no longer communicate.”
fast-paced
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Actually 2 collections of her short stories. "Umbrella" from 1952 and "The Trouble With Happiness" from 1963.
The title story of this collection is rather another version of a story from her early life that would turn up again in her autobiographical trilogy.
The stories are short - pretty much around 8 pages long each.
My favorite was "A Fine Business" - which reads like a dated male-spread version of an HGTV episode. "Perpetuation" is a bit of a version of that story retold from the wife's POV.
"The Litte Shoes" would be rewritten as part of her novel, "The Faces".
The stories are about relationships - family, marriage, childhood, lovers.
This completes my reading of the 5 volumes of Ditlevsen's writings that have been translated into English. This one by Michael Favala Goldman, rather than by the translator superstar Tiina Nunnelly. I look forward to more - please!
The title story of this collection is rather another version of a story from her early life that would turn up again in her autobiographical trilogy.
The stories are short - pretty much around 8 pages long each.
My favorite was "A Fine Business" - which reads like a dated male-spread version of an HGTV episode. "Perpetuation" is a bit of a version of that story retold from the wife's POV.
"The Litte Shoes" would be rewritten as part of her novel, "The Faces".
The stories are about relationships - family, marriage, childhood, lovers.
This completes my reading of the 5 volumes of Ditlevsen's writings that have been translated into English. This one by Michael Favala Goldman, rather than by the translator superstar Tiina Nunnelly. I look forward to more - please!
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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