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A review by ifyouhappentoremember
The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen
challenging
4.0
Love stretched between them, as delicate as a piece of gauze. She knew that it wouldn't last, Hatred and resentment and indifference and selfishness would come back like old, faithful friends, and nothing could persuade them that they weren't welcome.
This is a short book but there is so much happening. We, the reader, dive headfirst with Lise Mundus into the terrifying and disorienting world of severe mental illness. Ditlevsen's use of language is as precise and beautiful as ever, but it becomes troublesome to untangle what is 'really' happening.
Having read The Copenhagen Trilogy, it's very clear that Ditlevsen mined her own experience with her mental health struggles and stays in psychiatric hospitals.
This is a short book but there is so much happening. We, the reader, dive headfirst with Lise Mundus into the terrifying and disorienting world of severe mental illness. Ditlevsen's use of language is as precise and beautiful as ever, but it becomes troublesome to untangle what is 'really' happening.
Having read The Copenhagen Trilogy, it's very clear that Ditlevsen mined her own experience with her mental health struggles and stays in psychiatric hospitals.