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- Childhood, by Tove Ditlevsen (2019, tr. Tiina Nunnally. Original: Barndom, 1967)
About the book
- Penguin Classics, 2019, tr. Tiina Nunnally, 99 p. Goodreads
- First volume in “The Copenhagen Trilogy”
- Original: Barndom, 1967
- Nunnally’s translation of Childhood was originally published in English by the feminist publisher Seal Press, together with the second volume Youth, under the title Early Spring (1985).
- My rating: 5 stars
- Projects: European Reading Challenge, hosted by Gilion; my Winter TBR.
I recently read and reviewed Childhood, and I just loved it. Ditlevsen’s prose is sharp and beautiful. Her books have only deepened since reading them; her words are truly haunting. I have also never read auto-fiction before, and it is such a great genre. It feels less constrained than memoirs. Are you interested in reading Ditlevsen’s prose? I am curious to read her books.
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