10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DINESEN»
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Dinesen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Understanding Isak
Dinesen
In this guide Brantly illumines the complexities that enrich not only Dinesen's fictional works but also the memoir she wrote of her time in Kenya.
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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
In Isak Dinesen s life-affirming short story, two elderly sisters living in a remote, god-fearing Norwegian community take in a mysterious refugee from Paris one night and are rewarded for their kindness with the most decadent, ...
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Out of Africa: and Shadows on the Grass
With classic simplicity and a painter's feeling for atmosphere and detail, Isak Dinesen tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, and Poe.
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Isak
Dinesen and the Engendering of Narrative
This important book will at last give Isak Dinesen's work the prominence it deserves in literary studies. For Aiken's generation, it will be the most original, forceful, provocative, and elegant critical reading of this Danish writer.
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Daguerreotypes and Other Essays
Eight occasional pieces originally published in Danish in 1965 record Dinesen's reflections on topics ranging from clothing and social classes to ornithology and include her recollections of a 1940 visit to Nazi Germany
Last Tales is a collection of twelve of the last tales that Isak Dinesen wrote before her death in 1962.
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Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard
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.
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Isak
Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
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.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DINESEN»
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Dinesen is used in the context of the following news items.
Premium awards newcomer brands and special award
Danish label Mads Dinesen won in the Menswear category with its Scandinavian designs inspired by artists, dancers and musicians all over ... «SPORTSWEAR INTERNATIONAL, Jul 15»
Greeff can strike Gold
Dinesen is the fourth of the Greeff entrants and this filly will need to improve a couple of lengths if she is to trouble the judges. Visiting trainers ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
New fiction
... but blessed with a heart of gold and a gift for cooking that is so entrancing she recalls the heroine of Isak Dinesen's “Babette's Feast”. «The Economist, Jul 15»
'Jauja' Starring Viggo Mortensen Announced for Blu-ray
Captain Gunnar Dinesen has come from abroad with his fifteen year-old daughter to take an engineering job with the Argentine army. Being the ... «High-Def Digest, Jul 15»
pages of enlightenment
And it was while I was reading Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa beside him in our twin stretcher beds that a lion upped and roared fit to blow away ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
Coming to Northeast Florida: Summer movies, the series
The movie won seven Oscars, including one for Best Picture, and was largely based on Isak Dinesen's memoir. Sunday, Aug. 2: “The Color ... «Florida Times-Union, Jun 15»
Police Report
Bobbiejo Lynn Dinesen, 35, of Independence in the 700 block of E Street on June 9 on a bench warrant for failure to appear. #• Jeremy Dean ... «Polkio.com, Jun 15»
Fifty Shades of Grey; Blackhat; Blind; Can't Come Out to Play …
Sparkily played by Borgen star Mille Dinesen, the title character is a gifted schoolteacher whose sense of order has a habit of deserting her ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Wandering Lonely as a Cloud
In “Skyfaring,” Mr. Vanhoenacker describes how, when he was an adolescent, his mother gave him a copy of Isak Dinesen's “Out of Africa,” a ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
Manduka, revered yoga mat company, opens its doors to the …
The perfect prescription, after all — 'The cure for anything is saltwater: sweat, tears or the sea,' Isak Dinesen wrote. The mat is a companion, ... «Easy Reader, Jun 15»
