Tove Ditlevsen's The Copenhagen Trilogy is an assemblage of three short first person narratives: "Childhood," "Youth," and "Dependency." Over the course of the trilogy, the author traces Tove's girlhood, coming of age, and early adulthood in Copenhagen, Denmark. Perpetually suffering from loneliness and depression, Tove finds comfort in cultivating her literary endeavors. The trilogy's intoxicating lyric cadences and unconventional narrative form create a devastatingly honest exposition of love, longing, and addiction. The Copenhagen Trilogy explores themes including dependency, loneliness, and detachment.
Tove Ditlevsen's position as a writer was unusual for a Danish author. From the moment that her first book was published, shortly before the German occupation of Denmark in 1940, she attracted the att...
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Tove Ditlevsen