Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard

ISBN: 0679743332

Author: Dinesen, Isak

Condition: New

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.Dinesens stories are the work of a writer with a powerful imagination and a shrewd intelligence. -The New York Times Book ReviewIn the classic Babettes 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.