Winter's Tales

"Whether, taken all together, the 'Winter's Tales' are as good as ['Seven Gothic Tales'] is a question not lightly answered. One thing is certain: they get better with each reading. Although they are fairly simple, straightforward stories, they are not easy to understand. I suspect the author did not intend them to be....Many people, I feel sure, will read all eleven 'Winter's' tales as I did--as fast as possible in order to have as soon as possible the pleasure of reading them for the second, the third, and, inevitably, the fourth time. For Isak Dinesen has an enormous and devoted following, many of whom are convinced that she is the most original, the most perceptive, and perhaps the best living prose writer."Isak Dinesen is the author of 'Winter's Tales', published 1993 under ISBN 9780679743347 and ISBN 0679743340.