Seven Gothic Tales
A reissue of the book that inspired the critically acclaimed movie version. Set in Africa, it is the story of Dinesen's years in Africa--together with Shadows on the Grass.
A reissue of the book that inspired the critically acclaimed movie version. Set in Africa, it is the story of Dinesen's years in Africa--together with Shadows on the Grass.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307791801 (0307791807)
Publish date: April 13th 2011
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Anthologies,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Gothic,
Scandinavian Literature,
Denmark,
Danish
Gothic as all get out, sure, but almost unbearably Victorian. I'm okay with the narrative voice, it's old fashioned, but interesting with nice human observation. But the speeches are each eternal, and rather preachy, and then there's the references to the peasantry as if they weren't human. Library ...
I have had this book out from the library for several weeks, but every time I open it, the phone rings. I think it is cursed.
I think I'd like to be Isak Dinesen when I grow up. Well, without the racism, the weird gender issues, and the syphilis. And I can pass on the African farm. But the stories. Oh, yes. I'd like those.
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