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The Trouble with Happiness

By Tove Ditlevsen

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The Trouble with Happiness

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A shimmering collection of stories from the author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated into English for the first time From one of Denmark's most celebrated writers and the author of Childhood, Youth and Dependency, these short stories are brief, devastating, acid-sharp portrayals of love, marriage and family in mid-century Copenhagen. Here the ordinary events of everyday life - a wife anxious not to wake her husband, a little boy losing his father's beloved knife, a married woman's obsessive longing for a yellow silk umbrella, a girl dreaming of a masquerade ball - become dark and disconcerting, as we see what lies beneath. Translated into English for the first time, these are stories that explore yearning, fear, despair and the elusiveness of that strange thing called happiness. Translated by Michael Favala Goldman
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2022-03-03
Publication Date:
2022-03-03
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241545315
ISBN13:
9780241545317
Weight:
212 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
212 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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