A review by kategci
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff

4.0

Picked this up after seeing the author interview his client, the author, David Mitchell at the 92nd Street Y in NYC. It is set in Europe in the interwar period of the late 1920s-early 1930s and tells the story of artist Einar Wegener, who he was and who he became. It is told through the the lens of his marriage and David Ebershoff writes beautifully about their very unusual situation. This novel, where most of the characters and situations are made up, tells of the longing and love that are part of the human experience and the loss and sadness that come when feelings never were or no longer are mutual. Knowing that the movie is coming out, I did read it thinking about the characters' portrayals as well as the scenes and settings and wondering if the beauty of the book will be captured on film.