{"product_id":"last-tales-paperback","title":"Last Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsak Dinesen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast Tales is a collection of twelve of the last tales that Isak Dinesen wrote before her death in 1962. They include seven tales from Albondocani, a projected novel that was never completed; \"The Caryatids,\" an unfinished Gothic tale of a couple bedeviled by an old letter and a gypsy's spell; and three tales of winter, including \"Converse at Night in Copenhagen,\" a drunken, all-night conversation between a boy-king, a prostitute, and a poor young poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsak Dinesen\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of Karen Blixen, born in Denmark in 1885. After her marriage in 1914 to Baren Bror Blixen, she and her husband lived in British East Africa, where they owned a coffee plantation. She divorced from her husband in 1921 but continued to manage the plantation for another ten years, until the collapse of the coffee market forced her to sell the property and return to Denmark in 1931. There she began to write in English under the nom de plume Isak Dinesen. Her first book, and literary success, was \u003ci\u003eSeven Gothic Tales.\u003c\/i\u003e It was followed by \u003ci\u003eOut of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Angelic Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e (written under the pseudonym Pierre Andr騷el), \u003ci\u003eWinter's Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnecdotes of Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEhrengard\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253941059833,"sku":"9780679736400","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/BBPBDn4NDn9780679736400.webp?v=1768709512","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/last-tales-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}