From the author of the timeless classic Out of Africa five hauntingly evoked, sensuously realized stories and a novella "that belong in that special realm in which artistry is more real than reality" ( TIME ). - Ehrengard is Now a Netflix Film. "Dinesen's stories are the work of a writer with a powerful imagination and a shrewd intelligence." -- The New York Times Book Review In the classic "Babette's Feast," a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in ...
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From the author of the timeless classic Out of Africa five hauntingly evoked, sensuously realized stories and a novella "that belong in that special realm in which artistry is more real than reality" ( TIME ). - Ehrengard is Now a Netflix Film. "Dinesen's stories are the work of a writer with a powerful imagination and a shrewd intelligence." -- The New York Times Book Review 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.
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