![]() THE VIRUS, THE GLITCH & THE WARDROBE Attacked by the virus in the closet. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Complete the Final Level in record time. SMACK MY GLITCH UP Hit all the viruses in the Graveyard Level. SCARED OF THE DARK Complete the Hospital Level without a torch. And there is black comedy too: in the title story, which reads like preparatory work for Ditlevsen’s exceptional trilogy of memoirs (Childhood, Youth, Dependency), the teenage narrator goes to visit her estranged brother, explaining to the landlord that she is his sister. MASTER REBOOT Find the alternative ending. So clear is Ditlevsen’s eye that it’s impossible to tear yourself away from the fates of her characters, however grim. ![]() “Hanne was only seven, but already possessed a great deal of formless anxiety.” The astringent prose sets itself against sentimentality: one woman, disabled from childhood paralysis, loves that her husband offers “none of that horribly considerate sympathy”. They feature people numb to life’s commonplace pleasures: mostly women, occasionally children. In case of Master nodes which host ETCDs you need to be extra careful in terms of rolling upgrade of ETCD and backing up the data. This compilation of two volumes of very short stories from the 1950s and 60s – most are under 10 pages – provides an intense reading experience. The Trouble With Happiness and Other Stories by Tove Ditlevsen, translated by Michael Favala Goldman (Penguin Classics, £10.99)
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