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  First published as Ungdom in Denmark 1967

  Translation first published in the United States of America by The Seal Press 1985

  Published by Penguin Books 2019

  Copyright © Tove Ditlevsen & Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1969

  Published by agreement with Gyldendal Group Agency

  Translation copyright © Tiina Nunnally, 1985

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  Cover photograph by Sven Türck

  Courtesy of The Royal Danish Collection

  ISBN: 978-0-241-40556-7

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