| Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard Contributor(s): Dinesen, Isak (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679743332 ISBN-13: 9780679743330 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: Hauntingly evoked and sensuously realized, the five stories and novella collected here have the hold of 'fairy stories read in childhood...of dreams...and of our life as dreams.' (The New York Times). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92050647 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.23" W x 8" (0.46 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Hauntingly evoked and sensuously realized, the five stories read and novella collected here and have the hold of "fairy stories read in childhood . . . of dreams . . . and of our life as dreams." (The New York Times) |