Book 25: "Winter's Tales" by Isak Dinesen
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kittiwakeWhen I first met you I was on my way to Africa, to see my younger sister and her children; she is a falcon too, when she chooses.
Eleven short stories written in Denmark during the 1930s and the German occupation. The title of the book seems to refer to the nostalgic mood of the stories rather than their settings, as they seem to be full of regret. The protagonists of most of the stories had a defeatist attitude toward life, which didn't appeal to me at all. Too much doom and gloom.
I did enjoy "The Heroine", and "The Sailor-Boy's Tale", which was partially set in Bodo, a coastal town in Norway which I visited when I went on the Norwegian Coastal Voyage. However, I don’t think that I met any shape-changing Lapps while I was there!
Eleven short stories written in Denmark during the 1930s and the German occupation. The title of the book seems to refer to the nostalgic mood of the stories rather than their settings, as they seem to be full of regret. The protagonists of most of the stories had a defeatist attitude toward life, which didn't appeal to me at all. Too much doom and gloom.
I did enjoy "The Heroine", and "The Sailor-Boy's Tale", which was partially set in Bodo, a coastal town in Norway which I visited when I went on the Norwegian Coastal Voyage. However, I don’t think that I met any shape-changing Lapps while I was there!
