The unforgettable final novel from the great Danish writer and author of The Copenhagen Trilogy
'Recently escaped a long unhappy marriage - aged 51 but youthful in spirit - wonderful son
aged 15 - household literary name - summerhouse - large flat in the city centre - temporarily
incapacitated by a nervous breakdown - prefers a motorist.' Vilhelm is gone the room where
he and Lise once loved each other will soon be destroyed. When Lise places a lonely hearts
advert in the newspaper she sets off a train of tragicomic events that culminates in an
annihilating inevitable finale. Tove Ditlevsen's final novel is a masterful conclusion to a
great work of writing: a blackly funny and devastating tour-de-force that pulses with life even
as it journeys towards death. Translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
