Anecdotes of Destiny - Softcover

Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141184639 ISBN 13: 9780141184630

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2001

Synopsis

Paperback. Pages: 256 Publisher: Penguin Books. Limited These five rich. Witty and magical stories from the author of Out of Africainclude one of her most well-known tales. 'Babette's Feast'. Which was made into the classic film. It tells the story of a French cook working in a puritanical Norwegian community. who treats her employers to the decadent feast of a lifetime. There is also a real-life Prospero and his Ariel in 'Tempests'. a mysterious pearl-fisher in' The Diver 'and a ief. tragic encounter in' The Ring '. All the stories have a mystic. fairy-tale quality. linked by themes of angels. the sea. dreams and fate. They were among the last to be written by Isak Dinesen. and show her a master of short fiction. 'Acutely perceptive. often mysterious stories' Sunday Telegraph

About this title

Synopsis:

These five rich, witty and magical stories from the author of "Out of Africa" include one of her most well known tales, 'Babette's Feast', which was made into the classic film. It tells the story of a French cook working in a puritanical Norwegian community, who treats her employers to the decadent feast of a lifetime. There is also a real-life Prospero and his Ariel in 'Tempests', a mysterious pearl-fisher in 'The Diver' and a brief, tragic encounter in 'The Ring'. All the stories have a mystic, fairy-tale quality, linked by themes of angels, the sea, dreams and fate. They were among the last to be written by Isak Dinesen, and show her as a master of short fiction.

About the Author:

Karen Blixen (17th April 1885 - 7th September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish, English and French, also known by the pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen married her cousin Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke in 1914 and moved with him to Kenya where they set up a coffee plantation. They divorced in 1921 and Blixen remained in Kenya for another ten years recording her experiences in her best-known work Out of Africa. In 1931 Blixen returned to Denmark where she would live until her death in 1962.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141184639
• ISBN 13: 9780141184630
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244