The Danish Girl
| The Danish Girl | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | David Ebershoff |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Publication date | 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 324 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1741758408 |
| Followed by | Pasadena |
The Danish Girl is a novel by American writer David Ebershoff.
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[edit] Summary
The novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo sex reassignment surgery.[1]
[edit] Awards
The Danish Girl won the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award. It was also a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award and an American Library Association Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book.
[edit] Film adaptation
The novel is being adapted into a film with Lasse Hallström directing, and starring Nicole Kidman as Einar Wegener.[2] Originally, Charlize Theron was to have played Gerda Wegener. Gwyneth Paltrow and later Marion Cotillard have been linked by rumor to the role.[3][4]
[edit] Reception
In The New York Times Book Review, novelist and critic John Burnham Schwartz called the novel "arresting": "I hope people will read 'The Danish Girl.' It is fascinating and humane."[5] Critic Richard Bernstein wrote The New York Times, "Mr. Ebershoff is telling us that love does involve a small dark space. The intelligence and tactfulness of his exploration of it make his novel a noteworthy event."[6]
[edit] Translations
The novel has been translated into more than ten languages and is published in paperback by Penguin.
[edit] References
- ^ John Burnham Schwartz, "Metamorphosis," The New York Times Book Review, February 27, 2000.
- ^ The Huffington Post, "Nicole Kidman In 'The Paperboy': Talks To Replace Sofia Vergara," June 29, 2011. ("Kidman, who just had a child via surrogate, has a busy schedule already; she's due to release the Joel Schumacker-directed, Nicolas Cage-starring 'Trespass,' later this year, and will soon start filming 'The Danish Girl.'")
- ^ http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/11/06/gwyneth-paltrow-joins-nicole-kidman-in-the-danish-girl/
- ^ http://www.popeater.com/2010/04/18/gwyneth-paltrow-danish-girl/
- ^ John Burnham Schwartz, "Metamorphosis," The New York Times Book Review, February 27, 2000.
- ^ Richard Bernstein, "'The Danish Girl': Radical Change and Enduring Love," The New York Times, February 14, 2000. ("The historical fact is that in 1931 a Danish painter named Einar Wegener became the first man ever to be transformed surgically into a woman, changing her name to Lili Elbe and eventually leaking her story to the press. In 'The Danish Girl' David Ebershoff uses the bare facts of Wegener-Elbe's story to summon a rich imagined universe in which the main event is less the sexual transformation itself than the way that transformation affected other people.")
