![]() ![]() Ebershoff has naturally changed some of the characters, giving Einar an American wife from his own native city of Pasadena, thereby introducing a New World perspective on the drama. His book is based on the real-life story of Einar Wegener, a Danish artist who 70 years ago became the first man to be medically transformed into a woman-long before the much better-known case of Christine Jorgensen. That it comes off triumphantly is a tribute to his taste and restraint and to the highly empathetic quality of his imagination. Ebershoff, the publishing director at Modern Library, has taken a highly unusual subject-and a big chance-for his first novel. ![]()
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