Author: Frans LassonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The Life and Destiny of Isak Dinesen
Author: Frans LassonIsak Dinesen
Author: Judith ThurmanPublisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250857104
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Judith Thurman’s brilliant, National Book Award–winning biography of Isak Dinesen—now with a new foreword by the author A brilliant literary portrait, Isak Dinesen remains the only comprehensive biography of one of the greatest storytellers of our time. Dinesen’s magnificent memoir, Out of Africa, established her as a major twentieth-century author, who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. With exceptional grace, Judith Thurman’s classic work explores Dinesen’s life. Until the appearance of this book, the life and art of Isak Dinesen have been—as Dinesen herself wrote of two lovers in a tale—“a pair of locked caskets, each containing the key to the other.” Judith Thurman has provided the master key to them both.
The Life and Destiny of Isak Dinesen
Author: Frans LassonThe Life and Destiny of Isak Dinesen
Author: Frans LassonThe Life and Destiny of Isak Dinesen. Collected and Edited by Frans Lasson; Text by Clara Svendsen
Author: Frans Lasson (ed)Out Of Africa
Author: Isak DinesenPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443432954
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
In Out of Africa, author Isak Dinesen takes a wistful and nostalgic look back on her years living in Africa on a Kenyan coffee plantation. Recalling the lives of friends and neighbours—both African and European—Dinesen provides a first-hand perspective of colonial Africa. Through her obvious love of both the landscape and her time in Africa, Dinesen’s meditative writing style deeply reflects the themes of loss as her plantation fails and she returns to Europe. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.
Shadows on the Grass
Author: Isak DinesenPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141961465
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Isak Dinesen takes up the absorbing story of her life in Kenya begun in the unforgettable Out of Africa, which she published under the name of Karen Blixen. With warmth and humanity these four stories illuminate her love both for the African people, their dignity and traditions, and for the beauty and wildness of the landscape. The first three were written in the 1950s and the last, 'Echoes from the Hills', was written especially for this volume in the summer of 1960 when the author was in her seventies. In all they provide a moving final chapter to her African reminiscences.
Seven Gothic Tales
Author: Isak DinesenAnecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard
Author: Isak DinesenPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0679743332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the classic “Babette’s Feast,” a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace. In “The Immortal Story,” a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors’ tale into reality for a young man and woman. And in the magnificent novella Ehrengard, Dinesen tells of the powerful yet restrained rapport between a noble Wagnerian beauty and rakish artist. Hauntingly evoked and sensuously realized, the five stories read and novella collected here and have the hold of “fairy stories read in childhood . . . of dreams . . . and of our life as dreams.” (The New York Times)
Letters from Africa, 1914-1931
Author: Isak DinesenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780226153117
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Written to her family, these letters recount the failure of Dinesen's marriage, the financial collapse of her husband's coffee plantation, and her experiences in Kenya