Youth
Tove Ditlevsen
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 5th Sep '19
£9.99
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Description
‘Utterly, agonisingly compulsive … a masterpiece’ Liz Jensen, GuardianThe second volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, the searing portrait of a woman’s journey through love, friendship, ambition and addiction, from one of Denmark’s most celebrated twentieth-century writersForced to leave school early, Tove embarks on a chequered career in a string of low-paid, menial jobs. But she is hungry: for poetry, for love, for real life to begin. As Europe slides into war, she must navigate exploitative bosses, a Nazi landlady and unwelcome sexual encounters on the road to hard-won independence. Yet she remains ruthlessly determined in the pursuit of her poetic vocation – until at last the miracle she has always dreamed of appears to be within reach. Youth, the second volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, is a strikingly honest and immersive portrait of adolescence, filled with biting humour, vulnerability and poeticism.
Additional information
Weight | 0.135 kg |
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Dimensions | 9 × 135 × 216 mm |
Page Count | 128 |