The Trouble With Happiness Book Short Stories Fiction Tove Ditlevsen Danish

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 marriage and family life in midcentury Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence, and despair, as women and men struggle to escape from the roles assigned to them and dream of becoming free and happy—without ever truly understanding what that might mean. Tove Ditlevsen is one of Denmark’s most famous and beloved writers, and her autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy was hailed as a masterpiece on republication in English, named a New York Times Best Book of the Year, and lauded for its wry humor, limpid prose, and powerful honesty. The poignant and understated stories in The Trouble with Happiness, written in the 1950s and 1960s and never before translated into English, offer readers a new chance to encounter the quietly devastating work of this essential twentieth-century writer. Paperback Book Thank you for visiting our closet. We hope you will follow us and check back often. New items listed daily! Bundle for additional savings. Providing quality items for you is a top priority. We check each item for flaws and stains. All photos are of the actual item. We do our best to accurately capture the color but how it appears may vary due to lighting and screens.