Tove Ditlevsen: Youth (Penguin Modern Classics) [2019] paperback HBFIC the word 'Viking' brings to

the word 'Viking' brings to mind red scenes of rape and pillage

The New York Times-bestselling author of Start With Why

they are a byproduct of the way we have lived over the decades

'Tim Leach writes beautifully

even in the face of unkindness

Tove Ditlevsen: Youth (Penguin Modern Classics) [2019] paperback HBFIC the word 'Viking' brings to'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian The second volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, the searing portrait of a woman's journey through love, friendship, ambition and addiction, from one of Denmark's most celebrated twentieth century writers Forced to leave school early, Tove embarks on a chequered career in a string of low paid, menial jobs. But she is hungry: for poetry, for love, for real life to begin. As Europe slides