Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency Heath Fogg Davis The search for the so-called

The search for the so-called Absolute-Being is futile

By breaking down larger goals into smaller

She'd rather play a monster than a maid

brothers Prentiss and Landry--freed by the Emancipation Proclamation--seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife

Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency Heath Fogg Davis The search for the so-calledCalled "a masterpiece" by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre bending confessional writing. Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969 71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child's single minded determination to become a poet; Youth describes her