The Trouble With Happiness Av Tove Ditlevsen

<p><b>''So clear is Ditlevsen''s eye that it is impossible to tear yourself away'' John Self, <i>Guardian</i><br><br>An unforgettable collection of stories from the author of </b><i><b>The Copenhagen Trilogy</b></i><br><br><i>''The most important thing is probably always precisely the thing you can''t have. That''s where all the happiness is''</i><br><br>In these brief, acid-sharp stories of love, marriage and family from one of Denmark''s most celebrated writers, the ordinary events of everyday life - a wife anxious not to wake her husband, a little boy losing his father''s beloved knife, a woman''s obsessive longing for a yellow silk umbrella - become dark and disconcerting. Here Tove Ditlevsen explores yearning, fear and the elusiveness of that strange thing called happiness.<br><br>''The purity and dazzling insight of Ditlevsen''s writing speaks for itself'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>''Authentic, unforced and utterly lucid'' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>''Ditlevsen''s wonderful a