2 Books by Isak Dinesen
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Overview: Karen Christence Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke – wrote as Isak Dinesen, Pierre Andrézel, Tania Blixen, Osceola, etc. A Danish writer, who mixed in her work supernatural elements, aestheticism, and erotic undertones with an aristocratic view of life, Blixen always emphasized that she was a storyteller in the traditional, oral sense of the word. She drew her inspiration from the Bible, the Arabian Nights, the works of Homer, the Icelandic Sagas, and the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, who was her great fellow countryman. She wrote in English and in Danish.
Genre: Scandinavian Literature / Short Stories
Babette’s Feast: In an isolated fishermen’s village in Norway, the community lives according to the religious principles of a Dean. When he dies his daughter continues his work. In 1871, during the Franco-Prussian war, a young French woman asks for refuge at the two austere sisters’ home. Even if she lives there for 14 years, the community always sees her a a foreigner. One day Babette decides to organize a banquet to thank them all for their hospitality.
Last Tales: Twelve tales, the last that Isak Dinesen wrote before her death in 1962.
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