{"product_id":"vilhelms-room-9780374613495","title":"Vilhelm's Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing final novel about the collapse of a marriage and its aftermath, by the author of the modern classic \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want to write a book about Vilhelm's room and the events which took place in it, or arose from it; those that led to Lise's death, which I have survived only so that I might write down the story of her and Vilhelm . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ripples from a breakup radiate outward from the room where a married couple once loved each other, and a bizarre Lonely Hearts ad sets off a train of tragicomic events that leads to an inevitable conclusion. \u003ci\u003eVilhelm's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, Tove Ditlevsen's final novel--published a year before her untimely death in 1976--is a powerful conclusion to an extraordinary life as a poet, novelist, and memoirist: a blackly funny and devastating tour de force that pulses with life even as it journeys toward death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tove Ditlevsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 5.66w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374613495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003eSophia Hersi Smith \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eJennifer Russell \u003c\/b\u003eare translators living in Copenhagen. Together, they have translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Olga Ravn, Tove Ditlevsen, and Solvej Balle.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tove Ditlevsen \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48311315660957,"sku":"9780374613495","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a161fa12-2d45-46ab-97e4-e2eb9d5df565.jpg?v=1779261762","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/vilhelms-room-9780374613495","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}