The Danish Girl
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1615730869 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 690 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hard work for the reader Airbreather I wanted to like this book; the reviews looked great, and I enjoyed The 19th Wife so I know Ebershoff is a talented, intelligent writer. But I found this one a chore to get through. Here's why:I just didn't buy the characters. Surely the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery would be someone who was brave, s. Book Seller and Author reviews. Not sure if I'm rating the book? Or the company that sent me the book. Either way, both deserve Book Seller and Author reviews. ChelseaGS Not sure if I'm rating the book? Or the company that sent me the book. Either way, both deserve 4 stars. The shipper took their sweet time getting this to the Post Office and the book itself uses that tired mechanism of cliffhanger at the end of the chapter and totally different scent starting next chapter, then eventuall. stars. The shipper took their sweet time getting this to the Post Office and the book itself uses that tired mechanism of cliffhanger at the end of the chapter and totally different scent starting next chapter, then eventuall. Deeply moving and beautifully written. While the film version falls flat, this novel is perfection. Amazon Customer Deeply moving and beautifully written, "The Danish Girl" allows readers to fully immerse themselves in the lives of the characters, experiencing the pain, shame and ultimate triumph experienced by Einar/ Lili. This is the rare book that I've read multiple times, unable to shake free of Lili and her process of awakening, I
While trying to finish a portrait of an opera singer who has cancelled a sitting, she asks Einar to stand in for her subject, putting on her dress, stockings, and shoes. Yes, that was how it felt the first time: the silk was so fine and airy that it felt like a gauze--a balm-soaked gauze lying delicately on healing skin. Loosely based on the life of Danish painter Einar Wegener who, in 1931, became the first man to undergo a sex-change operation, The Danish Girl borrows the bare bones of his
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 favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. “Anything at all.” With that one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.. Her portrait model has cancelled; would he slip into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can fin