I 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...
The ripples from a breakup radiate outwards from the room where a married couple once loved each other, and a bizarre Lonely Hearts advert sets off a train of tragicomic events that lead to an inevitable conclusion. Tove Ditlevsen's final novel - published a year before her suicide in 1976 - 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.
| ISBN: | 9780241628997 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 2026 |
| Author: | Tove Ditlevsen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Interior life Fiction in translation |
I 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...
The ripples from a breakup radiate outwards from the room where a married couple once loved each other, and a bizarre Lonely Hearts advert sets off a train of tragicomic events that lead to an inevitable conclusion. Tove Ditlevsen's final novel - published a year before her suicide in 1976 - 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.
Vilhelm's Room features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Interior life, Fiction in translation
Vilhelm's Room is available in Paperback
Vilhelm's Room was written by Tove Ditlevsen and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Vilhelm's Room has 160 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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