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"It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into women's shoes and stockings for a few moments so that she can finish the painting on time? "Of course," he answers, "Anything at all." With that, one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.".
"Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife; this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change? Einar dresses more and more as Lili - the name given to her by Greta - and what started off as a game becomes a way of life for Greta and Einar. With Lili as her muse, Greta's paintings begin to flourish. A French art dealer spots her work and the couple moves to Paris for the sake of Greta's career.
In the permissive air of Paris between the wars, Lili is liberated and increasingly becomes Greta's companion on public outings. As Einar fades into memory they realize that a choice must be made: Lili or Einar. Greta finds a surgeon-psychologist at the Dresden Municipal Women's Clinic, and Einar travels to Germany to become, once and for all, Lili Elbe."--BOOK JACKET.
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Romance, Painters in fiction, Sex change in fiction, Sex change, Fiction, Painters, Elbe, Lili, in fiction, LGBTQ novels, Stonewall Book Awards, LGBTQ gender identity, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Transsexualism, Gender transition, Artists, fiction, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, Fiction, general, Copenhagen (denmark), fiction, Hormone therapy, Gender reassignment surgeryPeople
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The Danish Girl
2000, Viking, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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in English
029764579X 9780297645795
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The Danish Girl
December 7, 2000, Phoenix Press, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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0753810794 9780753810798
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A stunning first novel that probes the mysteries of sex, gender, and love with insight and subtletyInspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can finish the painting on time. "Of course," he answers. "Anything at all." With that, one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.
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