Racconti d'inverno

Tényleg mintha téli estékre találták volna ki. Szinte látom is: csikorgó hideg a dán lankákon, a tehenek is egymáshoz bújva állnak, hogy némi meleget nyerjenek. Az udvarház ablaka viszont világít, és kiáltást hallunk: - Gyerekek! Gyertek! Blixen mama mesét mesél! És akkor jön az árva, aki arról álmodi Leggi tutto

My comments in video: https://youtu.be/vzZV7VNNI08 Why didn't they give her the Nobel Prize? I am surprised that the Danish writer has not been awarded with the prize, since she has a great narrative capacity, enveloping, suggestive and of great depth; So much so that I found evocation in each one of Leggi tutto

Halfway through the "The Heroine"(about french ex-pats imprisoned during a 19th century conflict between France and Germany) I realized these stories were written in Nazi occupied Denmark. And then I realized the chill of history blew through these intricate tales especially the harrowing "Sorrow Ac Leggi tutto

A magical short story collection - Dinesen grasps the undercurrents running through situations, settings and characters (in a very Anais Nin like manner) in a beautiful, intuitive style. Reading more of her soon.