Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard

From the author of the timeless classic Out of Africa: five hauntingly evoked, sensuously realized stories and a novella "that belong in that special realm in which artistry is more real than reality" (TIME). . Ehrengard is soon to be a Netflix Film.  "Dinesen's stories are the work of a writer with a powerful imagination and a shrewd intelligence." -The New York Times Book ReviewIn the classic "Babette's Feast, " a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace.
In "The Immortal Story, " a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors' tale into reality for a young man and woman. And in the magnificent novella Ehrengard, Dinesen tells of the powerful yet restrained rapport between a noble Wagnerian beauty and rakish artist.