7 best-selling biography books like Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1) by Tove Ditlevsen

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Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

By: Tove Ditlevsen

4.10

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

The first volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, the searing portrait of a woman's journey through love,…

"Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can’t get out of it on your own."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Eine Hure ist eine Dame, die es für Geld macht, was mir viel mehr einleuchtet, als es umsonst zu machen."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Jokin ahdistaa rintaani kun kiipeän portaita ylös. Ihmiselämän nurja puoli ammottaa entistä avoimempana minua vasten, ja sitä on entistä vaikeampi kattaa niillä kirjoittamattomilla, vapisevilla sanoilla joita sydämeni aina kuiskaa."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Aikuisten lapsuus roikkuu repaleisena ja puhkottuna heidän sisimmässään kuin käytetty ja koinsyömä matto jota kukaan ei ajattele eikä tarvitse. Heistä ei näe että heillä on ollut lapsuus, eikä heiltä uskalla kysyä miten he käyttäytyivät päästäkseen sen läpi ilman että se jätti heidän kasvoihinsa syviä arpia ja jälkiä."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

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1. Pienin yhteinen jaettava (#1)

By: Pirkko Saisio

3.88

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

Isän äkillinen kuolema sysää keski-ikäisen tyttären muistot liikkeelle, ja lapsuuden maisema saa uu… read more

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"Avaan kirjan. Luen ensimmäisen sivun kirjasta. Koska lukeminen sujuu aika hyvin, luen heti perään toisenkin rivin. Luen koko sivun. Luen koko kirjan. Sitten makaan nuorisohetekalla ja itken, enkä ymm…"

-Pirkko Saisio, Pienin yhteinen jaettava (#1)

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2. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

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3. Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

By: Édouard Louis

4.13

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Why do I feel as though I'm writing a sad story, when my aim was to tell the story of a liberation?"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"I'd gotten so used to seeing her unhappy at home that the joy on her face seemed scandalous to me, a deceit, a lie that had to be exposed as soon as possible."

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"I started this book wanting to tell the story of a woman, but I've realized that yours is the story of a human being who fought for the right to exist as a woman, as opposed to the nonexistence impos…"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"A final memory. A few months ago, in the garden of a teahouse where I’d suggested we meet, she told me how she had once been called to the school by my teacher when I was six years old. The teacher w…"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

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4. A Woman's Story

By: Annie Ernaux

4.23

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Until I was twenty, I thought I was responsible for her growing old."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"Het beeld van haar wordt langzaam weer dat wat ik mij voorstel te hebben gehad van haar in mijn babytijd, een grote, blanke schaduw boven mij."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

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5. Qui a tué mon père

By: Édouard Louis

4.16

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

« Est-ce qu’il est normal d’avoir honte d’aimer ? » Édouard Louis a publié deux livres, En finir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"September 2017 Emmanuel Macron condemns the “laziness"

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

"You were as much a victim of the violence you inflicted as of the violence you endured."

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

"What we call history is nothing but the story of the same emotions, the same joys, reproduced across bodies and time"

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

"Where is history? The history they taught at school was not your own. We were learning world history, and you were left out."

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

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6. Elolliset

By: Iida Turpeinen

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more

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7. Kaarna

By: Tommi Kinnunen

4.24

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

Ihminen ei voi tulla entisekseen, jos ei tiedä, kuka on ollut. He kiertävät poron etäältä. Se py… read more

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8. 36 uurnaa : väärässä olemisen historia

By: Sirpa Kähkönen

3.59

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Kirjailija Sirpa Kähkösen äiti Riitta (s. 1941) kuoli maaliskuussa 2022 pitkään sairastettuaan. Elä… read more

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9. Hyeenan päivät

By: Saara Turunen

3.74

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

”En ollut suostunut uskomaan, että elämä ilman lasta olisi tyhjää, olin vakuutellut itselleni, ette… read more

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10. Penge på lommen (Scandinavian Star, #1)

By: Asta Olivia Nordenhof

3.88

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Penge på lommen er første del af en romanføljeton, der har mordbranden på Scandinavian Star som et … read more

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  • scandinavian literature
  • danish
  • denmark
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11. Changer : méthode

By: Édouard Louis

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

« Une question s’est imposée au centre de ma vie, elle a concentré toutes mes réflexions, occupé to… read more

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12. The Details

By: Ia Genberg

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more

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  • scandinavian literature
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

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13. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

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14. Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

By: Tove Ditlevsen

4.10

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

The first volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, the searing portrait of a woman's journey through love,… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • denmark
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • scandinavian literature
  • danish
"Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can’t get out of it on your own."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Eine Hure ist eine Dame, die es für Geld macht, was mir viel mehr einleuchtet, als es umsonst zu machen."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Jokin ahdistaa rintaani kun kiipeän portaita ylös. Ihmiselämän nurja puoli ammottaa entistä avoimempana minua vasten, ja sitä on entistä vaikeampi kattaa niillä kirjoittamattomilla, vapisevilla sanoi…"

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Aikuisten lapsuus roikkuu repaleisena ja puhkottuna heidän sisimmässään kuin käytetty ja koinsyömä matto jota kukaan ei ajattele eikä tarvitse. Heistä ei näe että heillä on ollut lapsuus, eikä heiltä…"

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

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15. Love island

By: Amanda Palo

3.22

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

Kun todellisuus ja reality-tv sekoittuvat Love island on repivän kiihkeä ja aito romaani addikti… read more

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16. Oersoep

By: Bregje Hofstede

3.77

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Iets wendde zich in mij, zoals je sommige pennen draait om de punt naar buiten te laten komen – en … read more

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17. Luontainen käytös

By: Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde

4.11

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Lily on juuri saanut lapsen. Hänen suhteensa vanhemmuuteen on kuitenkin vaikea. Lapsuuden takaumiss… read more

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18. Los Angeles -esseet

By: Aino Frilander

3.78

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

Taidokasta proosaa ikonisesta kaupungista. Esikoiskokoelmassa sekä antaudutaan nostalgian vietäv… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Tove Ditlevsen, de biografie

By: Jens Andersen

3.73

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

Tove Ditlevsen (1917-1976) werd jarenlang gezien als een schrijver die niet in de literaire kringen… read more

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  • biography
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20. The Red Book of Farewells (The Autobiographical Trilogy, #3)

By: Pirkko Saisio

3.95

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

One morning in 2002, on an island off the coast of Finland, the narrator Pirkko Saisio tells her ed… read more

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  • biography memoir
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21. En dan is er koffie

By: Hannes Meinkema

3.55

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Een liefdeloze omgeving maakt van een jonge vrouw een onverschillig type. read more

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