Eleven unique, highly original short stories with a simple and clear style.
Winter's Tales
In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses.
The story is told through the transferring ownership of an unlikely object, a slide-rule. Based on the short story 'Winter's tales' by John Michael Greer"--Information from Internet.
If one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing. Written after her return from Kenya and during the dark days of the Nazi occupation, they derive their themes and locales from Isak Dinesen's childhood in Denmark.
Winter's Tales tackles the question of whether narrative and drama are as different from each other as some scholars have assumed.
I didn't invent these Winter's Tales – each of these stories has been told, somewhere in the world, for a very long time. But I do change stories as I tell them, so they make sense in my head and sound real in my voice.
Winter's Tales
In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses....
If one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing. Written after her return from Kenya and during the dark days of the Nazi occupation, they derive their themes and locales from Isak Dinesen's childhood in Denmark.
Folk stories about winter from around the world.
Winter's Tales