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Title Copenhagen tales / edited by Helen Constantine ; selected and translated by Lotte Shankland
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2014

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Contents Cover; Copenhagen Tales; Copyright; Contents; Picture Credits; General Introduction; Introduction; The Water Drop; Twice Met; A Tricky Moment; To Catch a Dane; Willadsen; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; Eggnog; The Maids; The Bra; The Naughty Boy; Is There Life after Love?; A Bench in Tivoli; As the Angels Fly; The Trousers; Nightingale; All the small pictures turned to the wall; Amelie's Eyes; Conversation One Night in Copenhagen; The Night of Great Shared Happiness; Notes on the Authors; Further Reading and Viewing; Books; Cinema and TV; Publisher's Acknowledgements
Summary Exploring the many moods of the Danish capital. From the narrow twisting streets of the old town centre to the shady docklands, this rich anthology captures the essence of Copenhagen and its many faces. Through seventeen tales by some of the very best of Denmark''s writers past and present, we travel the length and breadth of the Danish capital examining famous sights from unique perspectives. A guide book usefully informs a new visitor to Copenhagen but these stories allow the reader to experience the city and its history from theinside
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Translated from the Danish
Print version record
Subject Short stories, Danish -- Translations into English
FICTION -- General.
Short stories, Danish
SUBJECT Copenhagen (Denmark) -- Fiction
Subject Denmark -- Copenhagen
Genre/Form Fiction
Translations
Form Electronic book
Author Constantine, Helen, editor
Shankland, Lotte, compiler, translator
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