Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
by Judith Thurman
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Author: Judith ThurmanEdition: Paperback
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Published: 1995-10-15
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Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Picador
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Summary: 5 Stars
Before reading "Out of Africa" again, I realized I had no real knowledge of Karen Blixin/Isak Dinesen. Of course I found the best source of information about her in Thurman's detailed and engrossing biography. It's slow going for me since I'm often tempted to refer to Thurman's extensive bibliography. I cannot imagine a better companion work for the book or movie "Out of Africa."
Summary of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
With exceptional grace, Judith Thurman 's classic work explores Dinesen's life--her privileged but unhappy childhood in Denmark, her marriage to Baron Blixen, their immigration to Africa on the eve of World War I, and her passionate affair with Denys Finch Hatton. 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." Judith Thurman has provided the master key to them both.Authors Books
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