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Η Τριλογία της Κοπεγχάγης: Παιδική ηλικία, Νιάτα, Εξάρτηση by Tove Ditlevsen
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Let's start by me admitting that I hadn't read anything written by Ditlevsen again, and I didn't know what to expect when I started this book. In it, I eventually found an engaging prose that wouldn't allow me to stop reading even though the narrative itself brought me to tears more than once.
Tove Ditlevsen narrates her personal life; from a daughter in a low-income household in 1930's, to a well-known voice of Denmark's literary world and everything in between.
The book is split into three parts: the first one covers her childhood, the second one her teenage and early adulthood years, and her third one her turbulent years as a writer and a wife in four very different marriages. Especially the last part is both fascinating and very heart wrenching at parts.
Tove Ditlevsen narrates her personal life; from a daughter in a low-income household in 1930's, to a well-known voice of Denmark's literary world and everything in between.
The book is split into three parts: the first one covers her childhood, the second one her teenage and early adulthood years, and her third one her turbulent years as a writer and a wife in four very different marriages. Especially the last part is both fascinating and very heart wrenching at parts.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Drug abuse