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The Danish Girl is a novel by American writer David Ebershoff, published in 2000 by the Viking Press in the United States and Allen & Unwin in Australia. The novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Lili Elbe , one of the first transgender women to undergo sex reassignment surgery .
- David Ebershoff
- 2000
This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff. Greta, the daughter of a wealthy ambassador, is a struggling artist. Married to a famous landscape artist, Einar (her former painting professor), his work and talent overshadow hers.
The surgeries are successful, and Lili returns to Copenhagen with Greta. The two women are divorced but still live with one another. Greta thinks she needs to stay to take care of Lili, but Lili reunites with Henrik and wants to marry him. When Henrik proposes, Lili finally tells Greta that she wants to leave with Henrik and go to the United ...
And seventy years after Lili Elbe made her historically courageous decision, it still requires nearly super-human courage to decide to proceed with a sex change. This is changing, gradually, slowly. It requires a faith that you can turn your world on its head and yet still emerge with a sense of yourself intact.
- David Ebershoff
- Paperback
Feb 1, 2000 · There is much advance interest in this book; it has been selected by the Literary Guild and Reader's Digest; it should win many friends. Share your opinion of this book. Ebershoff, executive editor at Random House, tells the story of a man who gets turned into a woman: a leisurely and old-fashioned first novel that will doubtless be riveting to ...
- Kirkus Reviews
The Danish Girl was also adapted into a film in 2015 starring Eddie Redmayne. So yeah, the book's kind of a big deal. So grab a Danish (or a croissant, or a donut, or a piece of fruit; we don't care, just get a dang snack) and The Danish Girl and get ready for an amazing journey.
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Feb 1, 2001 · “The Danish Girl is an extraordinary story about extraordinary people.” — Eddie Redmayne National Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction * Winner of the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters * Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Award * Finalist for the American Library ...
