'utterly, Agonisingly Compulsive ... A Masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian Following One Woman's Journey From A Troubled Girlhood In Working-class Copenhagen Through Her Struggle To Live On Her Own Terms, The Copenhagen Trilogy Is A Searingly Honest, Utterly Immersive Portrayal Of Love, Friendship, Art, Ambition And The Terrible Lure Of Addiction, From One Of Denmark's Most Celebrated Twentieth-century Writers. 'sharp, Tough And Tender ... Wrenching Sadness And Pitch-black Comedy ... Ditlevsen Can Pivot From Hilarity To Heartbreak In A Trice' Boyd Tonkin Spectator 'astonishing, Honest, Entirely Revealing And, In The End, Devastating. Ditlevsen's Trilogy Is Remarkable Not Only For Its Honesty And Lyricism; These Are Books That Journey Deep Into The Darkest Reaches Of Human Experience And Return, Fatally Wounded, But Still Eloquent' Observer 'the Best Books I Have Read This Year. These Volumes Slip In Like A Stiletto And Do Their Work Once Inside. Thrilling' New Statesman