Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Audiobook

" The best. Literary. Biography. EVER. "

" A full and hard life. A not easy, but rewarding reading. It is worth the effort "

" I am in love with this woman. "

" Story of living in Africa and Denmark. 2 world wars and syphilis. some parts boring, some parts good. "

" to be fair, i never got very far -- there was actually so much detail it sucked the life out of the story. it became so tedious, i gave up and put the book down (and not in my "to be picked up later" pile). "

" Well written book about the author behind the book "Out of Africa". Interesting to read what went on in her life to cuase motivation to write the book. She was an eccentric that was driven or held back (depending on how you look at it) by her battle with syphillis. Now to read "Out of Africa". "

" One of the best biographies I ever read. "

" The Academy-Award-winning movie "Out of Africa" was based in part on this biography of Isak Dinesen/Karen "Tanne" von Blixen. "

" I love Out of Africa (though I can't abide the movie), and have different feelings about her short stories. But as a reader, i think I prefer her life itself. There is more drama and heartbreak here than anything she later got on paper. Grim and magnificent. "

" I actually read the hard cover, but I chose this edition because the cover is here and looks the same. "

" Una donna caparbia, che ha precorso i tempi. In parte egoista ed egocentrica, egualmente sensibile e sola. In un'Europa d'inizio secolo, incatenata alle convenzioni. Nella seconda parte della sua vita, dopo l'Africa di grandi emozioni e sconfitte, una scrittrice ineffabile. "

" I think I would enjoy a straight up biography better: this puts more focus on her writing... "

" to be fair, i never got very far -- there was actually so much detail it sucked the life out of the story. it became so tedious, i gave up and put the book down (and not in my "to be picked up later" pile). "

" I actually read the hard cover, but I chose this edition because the cover is here and looks the same. "

" The Academy-Award-winning movie "Out of Africa" was based in part on this biography of Isak Dinesen/Karen "Tanne" von Blixen. "

" I am so facinated by Karen Blixin, who wrote under the pen name of Isak Dinesen. Sucha beautiful, adventurous and exodic life. Full of wonder and deep sorrow. I do admire strong female writers "

" I love Out of Africa (though I can't abide the movie), and have different feelings about her short stories. But as a reader, i think I prefer her life itself. There is more drama and heartbreak here than anything she later got on paper. Grim and magnificent. "