{"product_id":"9780241628980-vilhelms-room","title":"Vilhelm's Room","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unforgettable final novel from the great Danish writer and author of\u003ci\u003e The Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Recently escaped a long, unhappy marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eaged 51, but youthful in spirit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewonderful son, aged \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e15 – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehousehold literary name\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003esummerhouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elarge flat in the city centre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003etemporarily incapacitated by a nervous breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eprefers a motorist.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vilhelm is gone; the room where he and Lise once loved each other will soon be destroyed. When Lise places a lonely hearts advert in the newspaper, she sets off a train of tragicomic events that culminates in an annihilating, inevitable finale. Tove Ditlevsen’s final novel is a masterful conclusion to a great work of writing: a blackly funny and devastating tour-de-force that pulses with life even as it journeys towards death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55658182214006,"sku":"9780241628980","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35408935.jpg?v=1752787434","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241628980-vilhelms-room","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}