The trouble with happiness : and other stories
Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, 1917-19762022
Book
"A short-story collection from the acclaimed author of the Copenhagen Trilogy, never before translated in English"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
The trouble with happiness : and other stories / Tove Ditlevsen ; translated from the Danish by Michael Favala Goldman.
Author:
Ditlevsen, Tove Irma Margit, 1917-1976, authorGoldman, Michael (Michael Favala), translator
Edition:
First American edition.
Imprint:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.©2022
Collation:
184 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Danish in 1952 and 1963 by Hasselbalch, Denmark, as "Paraplyen" and "Den onde lykke""Translated from the Danish.
Contents:
Book One: The Umbrella: The Umbrella -- The Cat -- My wife doesn't dance -- His mother -- Queen of the night -- One morning in a residential neighborhood -- A Nice boy -- Life's persistence -- Evening -- Depression. Book Two: The Trouble with Happiness: The Knife -- The Method -- Anxiety -- The Mother -- A Fine business -- Bird -- The Little shoes -- Best joke -- Two women -- Perpetuation -- The Trouble with happiness.
ISBN:
9780374605605 (hardback)
Dewey class:
839.81372
Language:
EnglishDanish
Subject:
BRN:
407551