The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency

Tove Ditlevsen's acclaimed trilogy, The Copenhagen Trilogy, is a masterpiece that comprises her memoirs Childhood, Youth, and Dependency. In this collection, Ditlevsen, renowned for pioneering genre-bending confessional writing, vividly recounts her life experiences from her early dreams of becoming a poet in a working-class neighborhood of Copenhagen, through her struggle to find her place as a daughter, wife, and mother, to her horrifying descent into drug addiction and troubled personal life. Despite the setbacks, she emerges as a significant and unique voice in twentieth-century Danish literature. An intense and immersive narrative explores complex female friendships, family, and the fervent pursuit of one's artistic calling.