{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-happiness-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTove Ditlevsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Favala Goldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful new collection of short stories by Tove Ditlevsen, \"a terrifying talent\" (Parul Sehgal, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife's beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of marriage and family life in midcentury Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence, and despair, as women and men struggle to escape from the roles assigned to them and dream of becoming free and happy--without ever truly understanding what that might mean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTove Ditlevsen is one of Denmark's most famous and beloved writers, and her autobiographical \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as a masterpiece on republication in English, named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, and lauded for its wry humor, limpid prose, and powerful honesty. The poignant and understated stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, written in the 1950s and 1960s and never before translated into English, offer readers a new chance to encounter the quietly devastating work of this essential twentieth-century writer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTove Ditlevsen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1917 in a working-class neighborhood in Copenhagen. Her first volume of poetry was published when she was in her early twenties and was followed by many more books, including the three volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eChildhood\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eYouth\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), and \u003ci\u003eDependency\u003c\/i\u003e (1971). She died in 1976. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Favala Goldman \u003c\/b\u003eis the translator of over fifteen books of Danish literature and the award-winning author of several collections of original poetry. He lives in western Massachusetts.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.92 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765742534944,"sku":"9781250863102","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a172308c357f2ce37281073a30e9b168.webp?v=1780278579","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-happiness-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}