Tove Ditlevsen Book order (chronological)

Exploring themes of identity and the passage of time, this collection showcases Tove Ditlevsen's poetic brilliance over nearly four decades. Her verse captures the juxtaposition of childhood innocence and adult experiences, with poignant reflections on love and literary aspirations. Translated beautifully by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith, and introduced by Olga Ravn, this selection highlights Ditlevsen's unique voice and cements her status as a significant figure in 20th-century literature.

Tove Ditlevsens letzter Roman wird als ihr literarisches Meisterwerk angesehen und steht in einer Reihe mit der berühmten »Kopenhagen-Trilogie«. Das Buch gilt als ihr Vermächtnis und reflektiert ihre einzigartigen Erlebnisse sowie tiefgründige Themen, die ihren Stil und ihre Perspektive prägen. Es bietet einen eindrucksvollen Einblick in Ditlevsens Gedankenwelt und ist ein bedeutendes Werk der dänischen Literatur.

Naléhavá novela o bouřlivém manželství, duševní nemoci, léčení a touze psát. Spisovatelka a matka tří dětí Lise Mundusová je provdaná za muže, který ji pravidelně podvádí. Spisovatelku pronásledují hlasy a pokřivené tváře, je přesvědčená, že se proti ní její hospodyně s manželem spikli, a pod tlakem svých představ a tišících prášků sestupuje do děsivého světa nemoci, až skončí na uzavřeném oddělení psychiatrické léčebny. Ale co když je duševní nemoc naopak cestou k osvícení a svobodě? Lise má strach, že ji manžel opustí, ve skutečnosti ji ovšem daleko víc děsí představa, že by už v životě nic nenapsala. Může se pobyt v léčebně stát inspirací? Tváře přibližují zážitek choromyslnosti niterným pohledem hlavní postavy se vší barvitostí prožité zkušenosti. A jak tomu u Tove Ditlevsenové bývá, její kniha pojednává především o bolesti lásky, touze, nevěře a hlavně o psaní. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

Erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung ausgewählte Storys von Tove Ditlevsen, Autorin der gefeierten »Kopenhagen-Trilogie«. Ditlevsen schreibt Sätze, die wie Gemälde wirken, und ihre Prosa wird mit der von Annie Ernaux verglichen, was ihre Fähigkeit zeigt, einer widrigen Realität standzuhalten. Diese funkelnden Geschichten beschwören tiefste Gefühlsquellen herauf und lassen mit wenigen Worten ganze Welten entstehen. Die Erzählungen handeln von einer frisch verheirateten Frau, die obsessiv nach einem gelben Regenschirm verlangt, einem Ehemann, der die geliebte Katze seiner Frau vertreibt, und einer betrogenen Mutter, die impulsiv ihre Haushälterin entlässt. Unter der Oberfläche dieser scharf beobachteten Geschichten über Liebe und Beziehungen im Kopenhagen des 20. Jahrhunderts pulsieren Verlangen und Verzweiflung. Die Frauen kämpfen darum, den ihnen zugewiesenen Rollen zu entkommen, während sie von Freiheit und Glück träumen, ohne zu begreifen, was das wirklich bedeutet. Ditlevsen kartografiert luzide Momente des Alltags, die ein Leben in eine andere Richtung wenden. Der Band »Böses Glück« zeigt sie als Meisterin der kurzen Form.

A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife's beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of love, marriage and family life in mid-century Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence and despair, as women and men dream of escaping their conventional roles and finding freedom and happiness - without ever truly understanding what that might mean.

The acclaimed Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen’s autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy ("A masterpiece" —The Guardian) continues with Youth. Following Childhood, this second volume finds the young author consumed in trials by fire that only fuel her relentless passion for artistic freedom—placing her on a devastating and destructive path recounted in the final volume, Dependency. Forced to leave school early, Tove embarks on a checkered 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 humor, vulnerability, and poeticism.

Тове знает, что она неудачница и ее детство сделали совсем для другой девочки, которой оно пришлось бы в самый раз. Она очарована своей рыжеволосой подругой Рут, живущей по соседству и знающей все секреты мира взрослых. Но Тове никогда по-настоящему не рассказывает о себе ни ей, ни кому-либо еще, потому что другие не выносят «песен в моем сердце и гирлянд слов моей душе». Она знает, что у нее есть призвание и что однажды ей неизбежно придется покинуть узкую улицу своего детства «Детство» — первая часть копенгагенской трилогии» читающаяся как самостоятельный роман воспитания. Это книга о взрослении, семье, дружбе, амбициях и предназначении, полная эмоциональных прозрений и иронии.

'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian Following one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms, The Copenhagen Trilogy is a searingly honest, utterly immersive portrayal of love, friendship, art, ambition and the terrible lure of addiction, from one of Denmark's most celebrated twentieth-century writers. 'Sharp, tough and tender ... wrenching sadness and pitch-black comedy ... Ditlevsen can pivot from hilarity to heartbreak in a trice' Boyd Tonkin Spectator 'Astonishing, honest, entirely revealing and, in the end, devastating. Ditlevsen's trilogy is remarkable not only for its honesty and lyricism; these are books that journey deep into the darkest reaches of human experience and return, fatally wounded, but still eloquent' Observer 'The best books I have read this year. These volumes slip in like a stiletto and do their work once inside. Thrilling' New Statesman

'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian The first 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 writers Tove knows she is a misfit, whose childhood is made for a completely different girl. In her working-class neighbourhood in Copenhagen, she is enthralled by her wild, red-headed friend Ruth, who initiates her into adult secrets. But Tove cannot reveal her true self to her or to anyone else. For 'long, mysterious words begin to crawl across my soul', and she comes to realize that she has a vocation, something unknowable within her - and that she must one day, painfully but inevitably, leave the narrow street of her childhood behind. Childhood, the first volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, is a visceral portrait of girlhood and female friendship, told with lyricism and vivid intensity.

'One of Denmark's most celebrated writers' New Statesman From the acclaimed author of the Copenhagen Trilogy, a searing, haunting novel of a woman on the edge, portrayed with all the vividness of lived experience. Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children's book writer and married mother of three, is increasingly haunted by disembodied faces and voices. She is convinced that her husband, already extravagantly unfaithful, will leave her. Most of all, she is scared that she will never write again. Yet as she descends into a world of pills and hospitals, she begins to wonder, is insanity really something to be feared, or does it bring a kind of freedom? 'Ditlevsen explores the surprising contours of Lise's experience: from her point of view, madness can be funny, soft and secure, and far more enlightening than the "reality" it struggles to evade' The New York Times Translated by Tiina Nunnally

Originally published in Danish as Gift by Glydendal [Publishing] 1971.

Román dánskej autorky, značne autobiografický, zobrazuje život robotníckeho dievčaťa Estery v jej úzkostiach, hľadaní, i v radostiach a bohatých nálezov zo skrytých rajov života.