The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency
For fans of Elena Ferrante's The Days of Enlightenment or Sarah Manguso's Liars; for readers looking for a tough and tender read and open to discovering the next Clarice Lispector, Lucia Berlin or Eve Babitz.
A New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year (2021)
An NPR Best Books of the Year (2021)
Called "a masterpiece" by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing.
Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969–71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child’s single-minded determin...






















