Winter's Tales - The Sailor-boy's Tale; the Young Man with the Carnation; the Pearls

Isak Dinesen

After the huge success of her autobiography, Out of Africa, Isak Dinesen returned to a European setting in these exquisite, rapturous tales of rebirth and redemption. Beginning with a sailor-boy's bold progression to manhood, the stories are full of longing, a theme often mirrored in the desire to escap...