| Winter's Tales Contributor(s): Dinesen, Isak (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679743340 ISBN-13: 9780679743347 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses. A despairing author abandons his wife, but in the course of a long night's wandering, he learns love's true value and returns to her, only to find her a different woman than the one he left. A landowner, seeking to prove a principle, inadvertently exposes the ferocity of mother love. A wealthy young traveler melts the hauteur of a lovely woman by masquerading as her aged and loyal servant. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92050615 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.22" W x 8.08" (0.51 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses. A despairing author abandons his wife, but in the course of a long night's wandering, he learns love's true value and returns to her, only to find her a different woman than the one he left. A landowner, seeking to prove a principle, inadvertently exposes the ferocity of mother love. A wealthy young traveler melts the hauteur of a lovely woman by masquerading as her aged and loyal servant. 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. |