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Book SynopsisJudith Thurman's brilliant, National Book Awardwinning biography of Isak Dinesennow with a new foreword by the author
A brilliant literary portrait, Isak Dinesen remains the only comprehensive biography of one of the greatest storytellers of our time. Dinesen's magnificent memoir, Out of Africa, established her as a major twentieth-century author, who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize.
With exceptional grace, Judith Thurman's classic work explores Dinesen's life. Until the appearance of this book, the life and art of Isak Dinesen have beenas Dinesen herself wrote of two lovers in a talea pair of locked caskets, each containing the key to the other. Judith Thurman has provided the master key to them both.
