There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die - Tove Ditlevsen Together they cross the steppe

Together they cross the steppe

the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family

She fashioned for it eyes and ears that cannot open

until the day her husband is executed by communist soldiers

meets a volcanic Spanish artist named Francis

There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die - Tove Ditlevsen Together they cross the steppeIn this playful, mournful, witty collection, little girls stand tip toe inside adult bodies, achievements in literature and lethargy are unflinchingly listed, and lovers come and go like the seasons. Gorgeously translated by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith, with an introduction by Olga Ravn, There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die cements Ditlevsen as one of the twentieth century's most creative writers. Original Language: Danish