Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Isak Dinesen : the life of a storyteller / Judith Thurman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Picador, [1995]Description: xvi, 496 p. : illISBN:
  • 0312135254 (pbk.)
  • 9780312135256 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PT8175.B545 Z84 1995
Summary: 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."
Item type: Books
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Home library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books Punsarn Library General Stacks PT8175.B545 Z84 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PNLIB21060914
Total holds: 0
Browsing Punsarn Library shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Reprint. Originally published: St. Martin's Press, ©1982.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-476) and index.

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."

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.