The Faces
Quotes from the Book
Being young is itself temporary, fragile, and ephemeral. You have to get through it - it has no other meaning.
Jeg vil vente med at vise Viggo F. bogen til i morgen. I aften vil jeg være alene med den, for der er ingen, der virkelig forstår, hvilket mirakel den er for mig.
The world doesn’t count me as anything and every time I get hold of a corner of it, it slips out of my hands again.
Der brænder et lys i natten,/det brænder alene for mig/og puster jeg til det, så flammer det op, og flammer alene for mig. –/Men taler du stille, og hvisker du tyst,/er lyset pludselig mere end lyst/og brænder dybt i mit eget bryst,/– alene for dig. –//
Sanki gitmek istemediğimi gayet iyi biliyormuş gibi ve hayatımdan hemen çıkıp gitmeyeceğine beni temin etmek istiyormuşçasına, elimi biraz okşuyor. Ağlamak üzere olduğumu hissediyorum fakat neden bilmiyorum. Upuzun bir yolculuktan döndüğüm için çok yorgunmuşum ve nihayet evime varmışım gibi, kollarımı boynuna dolmak istiyorum.
Hayal kırıklığına uğramamak için hayattan hiçbir şey beklememek gerek.
Ekmek parası için çalışan genç bir kız olmanın acı ve narin bir yanı var. O yolda yürüdüğünde, önünde hiç ışık göremiyorsun. Ve devamlı olarak vaktimi başkalarına satmaktansa, ona kendim sahip olmayı o kadar çok istiyorum ki.
Ben her kelimeyi bir yudum su gibi içtim.
Ölüm bir zamanlar zannettiğim gibi yumuşak bir kendinden geçiş değil. Zalim, iğrenç ve pis kokulu.
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The Faces
Childhood
About the book
The second volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, the searing portrait of a woman's journey through love, friendship, ambition and addiction, from one of Denmark's most celebrated twentieth-century writers
Forced to leave school early, Tove embarks on a chequered career in a string of low-paid, menial jobs. But she is hungry: for poetry, for love, for real life to begin. As Europe slides into war, she must navigate exploitative bosses, a Nazi landlady and unwelcome sexual encounters on the road to hard-won independence. Yet she remains ruthlessly determined in the pursuit of her poetic vocation - until at last the miracle she has always dreamed of appears to be within reach.
Youth, the second volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, is a strikingly honest and immersive portrait of adolescence, filled with biting humour, vulnerability and poeticism.
Book details
- First published
- 1967
- Author
- Tove Ditlevsen
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Goodreads rating
- 4.21 (12k ratings) →
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