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Additional short commentaries by distinguished contemporary practitioners likewise attest to the book’s enduring influence

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eine ‘Vertrautheit mit den Dingen’

This publication gathers together interviews with international artists

The Trouble with Happiness - Tove Ditlevsen textiles as well as contextualising whatA newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wifes beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of marriage and family life in mid century Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence, and despair, as women and men struggle to escape from the roles assigned to them and dream of becoming free and happywithout ever truly