{"product_id":"vilhelms-room","title":"Vilhelm''s Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe unforgettable final novel from the great Danish writer and author of\u003ci\u003e The Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Recently escaped a long, unhappy marriage – aged 51, but youthful in spirit – wonderful son, aged 15 – household literary name – summerhouse – large flat in the city centre – temporarily incapacitated by a nervous breakdown – prefers 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","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499462861173,"sku":"9780241628997","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241628997.jpg?v=1786694782","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/vilhelms-room","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}