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The Year of Living Danishly

The Year of Living Danishly
  • Author(s): Helen Russell
  • Location(s): Jutland
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn’t Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by...

The Summer of Ellen

The Summer of Ellen
  • Author(s): Agnete Friis, Sinead Quirke Kongerskov (translator)
  • Location(s): Jutland, Denmark
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary and 1978

Agnete Friis returns with a lyrical, suspenseful new standalone set in rural Denmark that moves between the present and the summer of 1978, exploring obsession, toxic masculinity and the tricks we play on our own memory. Jacob, a middle-aged...

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