The Faces

Name: The Faces
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241391914
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By Tove Ditlevsen

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen is a gripping exploration of a woman in the throes of a mental breakdown. It delves into her struggles with identity, reality, and the haunting pressure exerted by both her personal life and her own psyche. Through vivid and intense prose, it paints a portrait of vulnerability and the search for clarity amidst chaos.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by a deeply introspective exploration of a woman's psychological struggles. Tove Ditlevsen offers a powerful narrative delving into themes of mental illness and the blurred lines between reality and perception, woven with stark honesty and introspection. It's an immersive read for those who appreciate literary fiction that tackles complex emotional and mental landscapes.

The Faces

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New to Penguin Modern Classics, a searing novel from Tove Ditlevsen, author of the wildly acclaimed Copenhagen Trilogy.

Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children's book writer and married mother of three, is becoming increasingly haunted by disembodied faces and taunting voices. Convinced that her housekeeper and husband are plotting against her, she descends into a terrifying world of sickness, pills and institutionalisation. But is sanity in fact a kind of sickness? And might mental illness itself lead to enlightenment?

Brief, intense, and haunting, Ditlevsen's novel recreates the experience of madness from the inside, with all the vividness of lived experience.

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The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen is acclaimed for its raw portrayal of madness, illustrated with authenticity due to Ditlevsen's personal experiences. The translation by Tiina Nunnally captures this experience closely, highlighting the protagonist's unique and often humorous perspective on her insanity. The book is praised for its unflinching exploration of artistic struggle, family guilt, and is noted for handling its heavy themes without sensationalism, offering a voice of irony and insight.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241391914

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Translated by Tiina Nunnally
Translated by Tiina Nunnally

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 114g

Pages: 144

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics Tove Ditlevsen

About the Author

Tove Ditlevsen (Author) Tove Ditlevsen was born in 1917 in a working-class neighbourhood in Copenhagen. Her first volume of poetry was published when she was in her early twenties, and was followed by many more books, including the novels The Faces and Vilhelm's Room and her autobiographical masterpiece, Childhood (1967), Youth (1967) and Dependency (1971). She married four times and died by suicide in 1976. Tiina Nunnally (Translator) Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator (from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) and novelist. She was awarded the prestigious PEN Translation Prize in 2001 for her translation of the third volume of Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter, and her translations of Hans Christian Andersen and Tove Ditlevsen for Penguin Classics have been widely praised.