Isak Dinesen

The Dreaming Child In the first half of last century, there lived in Sealand, in Denmark, a family of cottagers and fishermen, who, after their native place, were called Plejelt, and who did not seem able to do well for themselves in any way. Once they had owned a little land here and there, and...

THE CARDINAL'S FIRST TALE ho are you?" the lady in black asked Cardinal SalviatL The Cardinal looked up, met the gaze of her wide-open eyes and smiled very gently. "Who am I?" he repeated. "Verily, Madame, you are the first of my penitents who has ever asked me that question— the first,...

A kötet gerince megtört. Borítója enyhén kopottas. The 12 tales in this volume represent the last things that Dinesen wrote prior to her death in 1962. The first seven stories are from an unfinished novel, ALBONDOCANI, which occupied the author for many years. These are followed by two new...

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