Generic Brand Childhood: Kopenhag Üçlemesi

"i am alone in the living room of my childhood. in the past, my mother used to sing here, my father used to read the forbidden book that i have not seen for years, and my older brother used to hammer nails into a board. all of these seem to have been centuries ago and at that time, although i felt that childhood would last forever with pain, i was happier... even though i continue to sleep at home from now on, i feel like i am saying goodbye to the living room tonight. i don't feel like going to bed, and i don't feel sleepy. i am in deep sadness. i lift the geraniums from the window edge and look at the little star shining under the cradle of the new moon, which is gently swaying among the clouds that are blowing by, in the sky. i say a few lines to myself from the novel ""glacier"" by johannes v. jensen, which i have read many times and know by heart: ""the little girl, who was killed in her mother's nest, shines like a morning or evening star, is white and absent-minded on the endless roads, walking alone, like a child's soul caught up in its own game."" ..."

These sentences remind me of ruth, whom i lost forever, and tears flow from my eyes. ruth, with her small, heart-shaped mouth, bright and mighty eyes. my little, lost friend, who is full of words for everyone and whose heart is full of love. our friendship ended like my childhood. like a sunburn, the last particles of my childhood are now flaking off me, and an impossible adult appears underneath. let the night pass by the window, i read my poetry book, and before i realize it, my childhood gently sinks into the depths of my memory, which is the library of this human soul, and will be a source of knowledge and experience for me until the end of my life.

Tove ditlevsen has become the new icon of women's literature in the world with her copenhagen trilogy and (after ferrante knausgaard) the autobiographical narrative.

What they said:

An extraordinary story where the outcasts can find something in themselves. patti smith

Here's an example of how to craft great literature. a class... trilogies are the product of a tremendous talent. ---parul sehgal, the new york times

"the experience of reading ditlevsen is overturning, as if ditlevsen has entered your head and changed the place of all the items."

-deborah eisenberg, the new york review of books

The copenhagen trilogy is a masterpiece, filling a unique void. it's like a precious treasure recovered from someone who thought they'd lost it, or a secret stash hidden away in socks or old photographs.

-megan o'grady, the new york times book review

"getting hooked on addiction and madness in a methodical way... ditlevsen."

-sam sacks, the wall street journal

“ditlevsen keeps telling us that he is helpless and passive. but what makes the book good is that he is not helpless and passive at all…”

-john powers, npr

"the size of his writing is based on the fact that it is an unsolved mystery, both unsolved and solved."

-rachel kushner, author of the mars room

Like a century-old crystal, ditlevsen's book is exquisite and transparent, shimmering with subtle imperfections and untouched beauty. - hannah kofman, los angeles review of books

"nobody has written about childhood like tove ditlevsen, who was both hopeful and darkly intuitive. it evokes the stories of ferrante, who lived as a working-class child before the second world war, but of course, ditlevsen's lyricism is unique to itself."

-julie phillips, 4 columns

"the best books i've read this year are from this trilogy. all of them, like a small dagger, once they penetrate, they won't leave you until they're done with their job."

-john self, new statesman

"both elena ferrante's naples novels and ditlevsen's copenhagen trilogy portray the era with great courage and a dazzling subjectivity: book-loving girls growing up in the working-class neighborhoods - the copenhagen of the 1930s or the naples of the 1950s, both are the same. but aesthetically, ditlevsen's book is much more interesting. it's like a crystal with its slime cleaned."

-lucasta miller, the times literary supplement

Product name: childhood
Product code: 9786057472359
Author: tove ditlevsen
Year of publication: 2021
Cover type: cardboard cover
Number of pages: 96
Paper type: 2nd pulp
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