Babette's Feast

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Author: Isak DinesenModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 3 November 2022 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Little Clo thbound Classics' series.Hardback | 208 pages119 x 168 x 20mm | 218gLittle Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Karen Blixen, author of the acclaimed memoir Out of Africa, was also a master of the short story form: her tales offer luminous meditations on rebirth and redemption, on the mystery and unexpectedness of human behaviour. Alongside 'Babette's Feast', this selection also includes 'Sorrow-Acre', often thought to be one of her finest stories.'Tales as delicate as Venetian glass', The New York Times Show more