{"product_id":"youth-the-copenhagen-trilogy-book-2-9780374539405","title":"Youth: The Copenhagen Trilogy: Book 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen's autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(A masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003econtinues with \u003ci\u003eYouth\u003c\/i\u003e. Following \u003ci\u003eChildhood\u003c\/i\u003e, this second volume finds the young author consumed in trials by fire that only fuel her relentless passion for artistic freedom--placing her on a devastating and destructive path recounted in the final volume, \u003ci\u003eDependency\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForced to leave school early, Tove embarks on a checkered 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYouth\u003c\/i\u003e, the second volume in the Copenhagen Trilogy, is a strikingly honest and immersive portrait of adolescence, filled with biting humor, vulnerability, and poeticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374539405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128","brand":"Tove Ditlevsen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027895865525,"sku":"9780374539405","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_56c95ab4-0291-465a-bf26-39052b6067d8.jpg?v=1609194082","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/youth-the-copenhagen-trilogy-book-2-9780374539405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}