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'As for me I have one ambition only: to invent stories, very beautiful stories’

Gothic, expansive and truly spellbinding, Karen Blixen’s short stories offer incisive psychological portraits and imaginative visions of war, longing and tender love. Here, an orphan boy creates an elaborate fantasy of a life of grandeur, a feudal lord sets a peasant woman a deadly task, and a young woman resists against her captors, in the midst of conflict.

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Publication: 17 Apr 2025, Penguin 

ISBN: 9780241746950

Extent: 128 pages

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        Description

        'As for me I have one ambition only: to invent stories, very beautiful stories’

        Gothic, expansive and truly spellbinding, Karen Blixen’s short stories offer incisive psychological portraits and imaginative visions of war, longing and tender love. Here, an orphan boy creates an elaborate fantasy of a life of grandeur, a feudal lord sets a peasant woman a deadly task, and a young woman resists against her captors, in the midst of conflict.

        Paperback
        Publication: 17 Apr 2025, Penguin 

        ISBN: 9780241746950

        Extent: 128 pages

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