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The Copenhagen Trilogy

Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen

Youth by Tove Ditlevsen

Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

April 25, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Whenever I read a memoir that deals with childhood at all, I find it impossible to not think about Tolstoy talking about families. I never quite know if I buy it or not, or if it just works for Anna Karenina, the novel, not the woman. But too much of contemporary memoir is based in the idea that someone has a very specific story to tell, based on a kind of trick or conceit that has fueled their memoir. While I do sometimes want inside […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Tove Ditlevsen

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:183 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Tove Ditlevsen ·
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A girl called Tove – plus, my first (half) cannonball!

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

September 14, 2021 by Rooooomie 4 Comments

Bingo: Reader’s Choice (Sportsball) CW: abortion, drug addiction Before reading this, I had never heard of Tove Ditlevsen.  I’m not into poetry, and as far as I’m aware have never picked up a book by a Danish writer. But when The Copenhagen Trilogy was re-released earlier this year, it got such glowing reviews that I had to read it. Ditlevsen was born in 1917, and in Childhood she tells her story of growing up poor, with parents who did not understand her, and discovering that she […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Poetry Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Tove Ditlevsen

Rooooomie's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Poetry · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Tove Ditlevsen ·
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