{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-happiness-tove-ditlevsen-9781250863102","title":"The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful new collection of short stories by Tove Ditlevsen, \"a terrifying talent\" (Parul Sehgal, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife's beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of marriage and family life in midcentury Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence, and despair, as women and men struggle to escape from the roles assigned to them and dream of becoming free and happy--without ever truly understanding what that might mean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTove Ditlevsen is one of Denmark's most famous and beloved writers, and her autobiographical \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as a masterpiece on republication in English, named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, and lauded for its wry humor, limpid prose, and powerful honesty. The poignant and understated stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, written in the 1950s and 1960s and never before translated into English, offer readers a new chance to encounter the quietly devastating work of this essential twentieth-century writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tove Ditlevsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250863104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250863102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.06w x 0.52d","brand":"Tove Ditlevsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057618088191,"sku":"9781250863102","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5945dc2-621f-4f58-a1d8-01bb739c48e2.jpg?v=1685047993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-happiness-tove-ditlevsen-9781250863102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}