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Letters from Africa, 1914-1931 / Isak Dinesen ; edited for the Rungstedlund Foundation by Frans Lasson ; translated by Anne Born

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Dinesen, Isak, , 1885-1962

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Publication details: Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press , c1981.Description: xli, 474 p., (28) p. of plates : ill., ports, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780226153117

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DDC classification:

92 DIN

Summary: "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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	92 DIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064581

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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.

"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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