{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-happiness-and-other-stories-by-tove-ditlevsen-penguin-modern-classics","title":"The Trouble with Happiness: and Other Stories By Tove Ditlevsen  - Penguin Modern Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e02\/03\/2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'So clear is Ditlevsen's eye that it is impossible to tear yourself away' John Self,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable collection of stories from the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The most important thing is probably always precisely the thing you can't have. That's where all the happiness is'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these brief, acid-sharp stories of love, marriage and family from one of Denmark's most celebrated writers, the ordinary events of everyday life - a wife anxious not to wake her husband, a little boy losing his father's beloved knife, a woman's obsessive longing for a yellow silk umbrella - become dark and disconcerting. Here Tove Ditlevsen explores yearning, fear and the elusiveness of that strange thing called happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The purity and dazzling insight of Ditlevsen's writing speaks for itself'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Authentic, unforced and utterly lucid'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Ditlevsen's wonderful and devastatingly bleak short stories simmer with melancholy and despair'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Michael Favala Goldman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241537381\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e192\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e197\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e129\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e12\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e164 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish (Language of text), Danish (Original language of a translated text)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52672832667961,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780241537381-jacket-large.webp?v=1777032533","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/the-trouble-with-happiness-and-other-stories-by-tove-ditlevsen-penguin-modern-classics","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}