Letters from Africa, 1914-1931

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Letters from Africa, 1914-1931

Isak Dinesen [i.e. K. Blixen] ; edited for the Rungstedlund Foundation by Frans Lasson ; translated by Anne Born

University of Chicago Press, 1981

  • : pbk

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Breve fra Afrika

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"Originally published in two volumes as Breve fra Afrika 1914-24 and Breve fra Afrika 1925-31."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

ISBN 9780226153094

Description

"Here is a rich new biographical perspective on the brilliant storyteller whose sophisticated romantic fiction . . . made her an international success and perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. . . . [These letters] contain the raw material that was later transformed into her classic memoir "Out of Africa" (1937). They also reveal her as a highly intelligent and sensitive analyst of a strange new world." Bruce Allen, "Christian Science Monitor" ""Letters from Africa" is literary gold, 24 karat." Alden Whitman, "Boston Globe""
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780226153117

Description

"Here is a rich new biographical perspective on the brilliant storyteller whose sophisticated romantic fiction . . . made her an international success and perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. . . . [These letters] contain the raw material that was later transformed into her classic memoir "Out of Africa" (1937). They also reveal her as a highly intelligent and sensitive analyst of a strange new world." Bruce Allen, "Christian Science Monitor" ""Letters from Africa" is literary gold, 24 karat." Alden Whitman, "Boston Globe""

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