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Winter's Tales by Isak Dinesen
In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses. A despairing author abandons his wife, but in the course of a long night's wandering, he learns love's true value and returns to her, only to find her a different woman than the one he left. A landowner, seeking to prove a principle, inadvertently exposes the ferocity of mother love. A wealthy young traveler melts the hauteur of a lovely woman by masquerading as her aged and loyal servant.Shimmering and haunting, Dinesen's Winter's Tales transport us, through their author's deft guidance of our desire to imagine, to the mysterious place where all stories are born.
Baroness Karen Blixen of Rungstedlund (1885-1962) used the pen name Isak Dinesen. Letters through Africa, 1914-1931 and Daguerreotypes and Other Essays, both by Isak Dinesen, are also available from the University of Chicago Press, as is Frans Lasson's The Life and Fate of Isak Dinesen.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679743347 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679743340 |
| Title | Winter's Tales |
| Author | Isak Dinesen |
| Series | Vintage International |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1993-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |