by David Ebershoff · Orion Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781474601573
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«The Danish Girl» is the novel by David Ebershoff, published by Orion Group in paperback (336 pages, in English).
The novel is inspired by the real story of Danish painter Einar Wegener. When his wife asks him to pose in women's clothing, a transformation unfolds that no one expects and leads him to become Lili Elbe, a pioneer in transgender history. A portrait of a marriage confronting gender identity and the limits of love.
The novel, originally published in 2000, won the Lambda Literary Award. Its film adaptation, an Oscar winner, starred Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.
For readers interested in literary fiction with LGBTQ+ themes, stories based on real events, and intimate portraits of couples.
David Ebershoff is an American writer, editor, and teacher. His debut novel, The Danish Girl, was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 2015, while his third novel, The 19th Wife, was adapted into a television movie of the same name in 2010.
