Book · 2020 · New York Times reviewed
The Copenhagen Trilogy
Why people recommend it
The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen is a powerful, candid memoir comprising Childhood, Youth, and Dependency, chronicling the author's life in Copenhagen. The book was discussed on several episodes of The Book Review podcast. Host Pamela Paul introduced the memoir as a standout translated work on their best books list, and later mentioned reading it alongside another contemporary title, contrasting its memoirist style with a novel. Jimana C. T. also highlighted the trilogy on the podcast, noting that the translated work came as a total shock out of left field and had profoundly stuck with both the speaker and many friends. The memoir continues to be praised for its unflinching honesty, raw emotional resonance, and unique literary contribution to autobiographical writing in translation.
Who recommended it
- Pamela Paul Discussed
- Jimana C. T. Discussed
Pamela Paul — 3 mentions
“we are up to our final book on the list and our second book in Translation the book is the Copenhagen Trilogy childhood youth dependency by Tova dlion”
“the two books are the Copenhagen Trilogy by Tova dlion and no one is talking about this by Patricia lockit”
“well that's a good transition to no one is talking about this by Patricia Lockwood because this is a novel that reads very memaris of the opposite”
Jimana C. T. — 1 mention
“we even had Tova dson who wrote The Copenhagen Trilogy which is a book that has stuck with me and a lot of friends kind of came as a total shock out of left field”