David Ebershoff

Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has 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.

The Danish Girl

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne and directed by Academy Award-winner Tom Hooper 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 Association Stonewall Book Award Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor 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's lush prose and generous emotional insight make it, after the last page is turned, a deeply moving first novel about one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the 20th century.

The Danish Girl: A Novel (Movie Tie-In)

La chica danesa

Os mistérios da Fé encobrem, por vezes, segredos terríveis No seio de uma seita poligâmica do século XIX, Ann Eliza, a 19-a esposa do líder e profeta da sua igreja, ousa revoltar-se contra os abusos sofridos pelas mulheres da comunidade em nome da re

A 19.a esposa

Chronicles the transformation of Southern California from frontier to suburb through the story of Linda Stamp and her relationships with her brother Edmund, orange rancher Willis, and mysterious Bruder.

A Novel

Pasadena

Um simples favor que a esposa pede ao marido numa tarde fria, enquanto os dois pintam no ateliê. A modelo que vem posando para ela cancelou a sessão; ele se importaria de colocar as meias e os sapatos da moça, por alguns instantes, para que ela possa terminar o resto do retrato? "Claro", diz ele."O que você quiser." Assim começa uma das mais passionais e incomuns histórias de amor do século XX. Inspirado na história real do pintor dinamarquês Einar Wegener e sua esposa californiana, este delicado retrato de um casamento nos desafia a refletir o que fazer quando alguém que amamos quer mudar. Einar passa a se vestir cada vez mais como Lili – uma espécie de alter ego feminino –, por quem Greta se vê estranhamente atraída, e à medida que Einar desaparece na lembrança, eles percebem que uma escolha terá de ser feita: Lili ou Einar. Tendo como pano de fundo o glamour e a decadência da Europa da década de 1920, A garota dinamarquesa retrata a quase esquecida história de amor entre um homem que descobre sua verdadeira sexualidade e uma mulher disposta a sacrificar tudo por ele. Romance de estreia de David Ebershoff, A garota dinamarquesa ganhou o Prêmio Literário Lambda de 2000 na categoria de ficção transgênero, e foi transformado em um grande filme estrelado pelo já vencedor do Oscar, Eddie Redmayne.

A garota dinamarquesa

Het Deense meisje / druk 2

The danish girl

Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor 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's lush prose and generous emotional insight make it, after the last page is turned, a deeply moving first novel about one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the 20th century.

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Cô gái Đan Mạch

From the author of THE DANISH GIRL comes David Ebershoff's first collection of short fiction, THE ROSE CITY, seven finely crafted stories about young men finding a place in the world. Set in contemporary California and Boston, the stories each recount a moment in their protagonist's life when the world begins to shift beneath him: the boy who breaks into a gay man's house to see how he lives; the shy teenager who tries to starve himself away; the tennis tutor who learns too much about the family for whom he works; the strange boy named Chuck Paa who finds employment among the dying. The title story is about an unemployed actor at the end of his youth whose life in Southern California is filled by delusion, and a perpetual search for love.

The Rose City

A Rapariga Dinamarquesa

Dánská dívka

A Copenhague en 1925 Einar Wegener et Greta Waud, son épouse, forment un couple étonnant. Lui, peintre paysagiste reconnu, petit, délicat, est discret jusqu'à l'effacement. Elle, peintre également, est grande, américaine, blonde et issue d'une famille riche. Tous deux s'harmonisent étrangement jusqu'au jour où Greta, en l'absence de son modèle féminin, demande à son mari d'enfiler une paire de bas. De cette demande et du trouble qu'il en advient va naître Lili, qui petit à petit prendra le dessus sur celui qui l'a engendré comme par inadvertance. Einar se sent femme. Il ne se déguise pas, ne joue pas. Il est celle qui peut tomber amoureuse, et désire donner la vie. Il sera le premier homme, en pleine montée du nazisme, à changer physiquement de sexe. Une histoire vraie, celle du premier transsexuel connu, que David Ebershoff retrace ici avec une délicatesse et une force remarquables.

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Danish girl

Das dänische Mädchen

“A literary tour de force . . . [David] Ebershoff intertwines a modern-day murder mystery with a sweeping historical saga.”—People (4 out of 4 stars) It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of her family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how both she and her mother became plural wives. Yet soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds—a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death. As Ann Eliza’s narrative intertwines with that of Jordan’s search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love, family, and faith. This new deluxe eBook edition features more than sixty-five additional pages of exclusive, author-approved annotations throughout the text, which contain new illustrations and photographs, to enrich your reading experience. Praise for The 19th Wife “Engrossing . . . remarkable . . . a book packed with historical illumination, unforgettable characters and the deepest questions about the tenacity of belief . . . The greatest triumph is the way [The 19th Wife] illuminates the larger landscapes of faith.”—The Washington Post Book World “Wonderfully lyrical . . . The 19th Wife is a big book, in every sense of the word. It sweeps across time and delves deeply into a world long hidden from sight . . . and in the process it does that thing all good novels do: It entertains us.”—Los Angeles Times “Rarely has a work of fiction seemed more timely. . . . A page-turning epic . . . [a] tour de force.”—Vogue “Wonderful . . . as chilling as it is entertaining.”—New York Daily News “Part history class, part exposé, part love story, The 19th Wife is thoroughly addictive. . . . Ebershoff not only imparts a valuable lesson on religion, but spins a compelling tale that makes readers question the power of faith and what we believe and why.”—USA Today “Ambitious . . . fascinating . . . Ebershoff demonstrates abundant virtuosity, as he convincingly inhabits the voices of both a nineteenth-century Mormon wife and a contemporary gay youth excommunicated from the church, while also managing to say something about the mysterious power of faith.”—The New Yorker

The 19th Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition)

David Ebershoff vindt op een dag in de bibliotheek het dagboek van Lili Elbe, een Deense vrouw, geschreven tijdens haar ziekbed in de vrouwenkliniek van Dresden. Ebershoff raakt geboeid door deze tragische heldin, de eerste transseksueel ter wereld, en herschrijft haar vergeten geschiedenis tot een indrukwekkende roman. Dit is het verhaal van Lili en van haar vrouw, die van hem - en van haar - zou blijven houden. Het Deense meisje is verfilmd met Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) en Matthias Schoenaerts (Far From the Madding Crowd en The Drop). Regie is in handen van Tom Hooper, bekend van Les Misérables en The King's Speech.

Het Deense meisje

Jordan returns from California to Utah to visit his mother in jail. As a teenager he was expelled from his family and religious community, a secretive Mormon offshoot sect. Now his father has been found shot dead in front of his computer, and one of his many wives - Jordan's mother - is accused of the crime. Over a century earlier, Ann Eliza Young, the nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, Prophet and Leader of the Mormon Church, tells the sensational story of how her own parents were drawn into plural marriage, and how she herself battled for her freedom and escaped her powerful husband, to lead a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. Bold, shocking and gripping, The 19th Wife expertly weaves together these two narratives: a pageturning literary mystery and an enthralling epic of love and faith.

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The 19th Wife

Set in the 1920s and '30s in Copenhagen, Paris and Dresden, and inspired by a true story, The Danish Girl is about one of the most passionate and unusual marriages of the 20th century. Einar Wegener and his American wife Greta Waud have been married for six years, but have yet to have a child. Both painters, they live a life of bohemian langour in Copenhagen until one day their lives are irreversibly altered. An opera singer whose portrait Greta is painting fails to turn up for her sitting. Greta asks her husband if he would put on the soprano's stockings so that she can continue her portrait. Einar agrees and as he pulls on her stockings, slips into her yellow shoes and finally draws over his head the soprano's dress, he stirs up in himself a remote sensation that he might be in part be a woman. Einar dresses more and more as Lili - the name given to her by Greta - and what started off as a game becomes a way of life for Greta and Einar. With Lili as her muse, Greta's painting begins to flourish. A Parisian art dealer spots her work and the couple move to Paris so that Greta can pursue her career as an artist. Lili is liberated too and increasingly becomes Greta's companion. As Einar fades into memory they decide that a choice has to be made: Lili or Einar. Greta finds a doctor in Dresden who is researching sex-change operations and Einar travels to Germany to become once and for all Lili Elbe. This elegantly written, sensual and engrossing novel is a wonderful celebration of love. With great sensitivity and intelligence, David Ebershoff tells the story of this extraordinary marriage, which survives the hardest test any couple could face. The Danish Girl is an unusually powerful and moving debut.

The Danish Girl. Film Tie-In

"Greta sama zaproponowała Einarowi, żeby założył pończochy i damskie buty. Chciała dokończyć zamówiony kobiecy portret, a modelka nie mogła przyjść do pracowni. Mąż – mężczyzna o subtelnych rysach i drobnej budowie ciała – zdawał się idealny do tego zadania. Ot, niewinna prośba, artystyczny żart... Greta nie mogła przypuszczać, że ta chwila zmieni całe jej życie: obudzi w nim pragnienie, które trudno będzie zlekceważyć i uciszyć. Dziewczyna z portretu to historia inspirowana prawdziwymi wydarzeniami, które wstrząsnęły życiem dwojga duńskich artystów: Einara i Gerdy Wegenerów. To pełna subtelności, liryczna opowieść o odważnej miłości, która potrafiła przekroczyć wszelkie granice, także te obyczajowe i seksualne, bez oglądania się na to, co wypada. Na podstawie książki powstał FILM TOMA HOOPERA z gwiazdorską obsadą Oscarowy EDDIE REDMAYNE w roli głównej! W filmie zobaczymy też Alicię Vikander, Amber Heard i znanego ze Skyfall Bena Whishawa. "

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