Entitled
Childhood
, the first volume of The
Copenhagen
Trilogy
,
published for the first time in France in its entirety with a new translation, took place in the 1920s. In a miserable household in a tiny apartment on Vesterbro Street, poor neighborhood of the Danish capital, Tove Ditlevsen (1917-1976) grew up there “
silent and on guard
” with a mother whose mother she did “
everything to please her, make her smile and defuse her anger
”.
A socialist trade unionist who loved reading, the father would have liked to communicate with his daughter.
But neither of them can find the words.
While with Edvin, her adored brother who is ruining his health earning a living, little Tove can confide her dream of becoming a poet.
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At the beginning of
Youth
, we are once again in the noxious atmosphere of the miserable apartment from which Edvin managed to escape.
Tove, on the other hand, must wait until she turns 18 to gain her independence.
But from the age of 14, she has the obligation…
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