David Ebershoff
Paperback | Pages: 310 pages Rating: 3.75 | 19468 Users | 2149 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Danish Girl ISBN13 9781474601573 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Einar Wegener, Greta Wegener |
| Literary Awards: | New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2001), Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (2001) |
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Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and directed by Tom Hooper, THE DANISH GIRL is a shockingly original novel about one of the most unusual and passionate love stories of the 20th century. Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change? It starts with a question, a simple favour asked by a wife of her husband while both are painting in their studio, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate. Uniting fact and fiction into an original romantic vision, The Danish Girl eloquently portrays the unique intimacy that defines every marriage and the remarkable story of Lili Elbe, a pioneer in transgender history, and the woman torn between loyalty to her marriage and her own ambitions and desires. The Danish Girl is an evocative and deeply moving novel about one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the 20th century.Describe Appertaining To Books The Danish Girl
| Title | : | The Danish Girl |
| Author | : | David Ebershoff |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 310 pages |
| Published | : | December 3rd 2015 by W&N (first published 2000) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. LGBT |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 19468 Users | 2149 ReviewsWeigh Up Appertaining To Books The Danish Girl
This book does a terrible job of showing the lived experience of a trans individual. Rather than demonstrate the difficult journey of a member of the trans community, this author chose to portray the experience of someone with dissociative identity disorder which is definitely not the same thing. What I find particularly grating is that the source material is exponentially more interesting than the schlock written here. The artistic liberties the author took to flesh out his version of the storyThis book is great if you have any problems sleeping!
I haven't read the book, but I'm looking forward to seeing Eddie Redmayne and his freckles in this film tonight.
An elegant love story between a woman and the man who is changing before her eyes. This beautifully written narration follows Einar as he comes to discover Lili while his wife, Greta, encourages and supports him during the process. It starts with such an innocent suggestion, to pose in place of a singer that Greta is painting. Such a simple little thing, but it sparks into so much more. Einar soon begins to free Lili with the gentle urging of Greta. So begins the journey of his transition. This
The Danish Girl is a delicate, elegant novel about the search for ones true self when ones body, as an external encasement, doesnt mirror what is on the inside; in short, when a man is born a man in body but not in spirit. It is also about what makes a marriage and how far a woman will go to let her husband find his true self, knowing that she will likely lose him in the process. The novel is based on real characters who lived in Copenhagen in the 1920s. The story was groundbreaking at the time
Boring. The real people this book is based on are 1000 times more interesting. Very poor representation of a trans persons' transition. Don't read this book, it's a waste of your time.
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