| Description |
326 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks "What do you do when someone you love wants 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 |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2000 |
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"Now a major motion picture"--Cover |
| Subject |
Elbe, Lili, 1882-1931 -- Fiction.
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Transgender people -- Fiction.
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Marriage -- Fiction.
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Artists -- Fiction.
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Homosexuality -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| LC no. |
00002219 |
| ISBN |
9781474601573 (paperback) |
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147460157X (paperback) |
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