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arts music and photography,contemporary,essays,essays and correspondence,humanities,literature,literature and fiction,photography,politics and social sciences,textbooks, Isak Dinesen . . . had an original approach to life that permeated all her work. She loved storytelling, with the result that most of her essays are quasi-narratives, which proceed not from major to minor premise but from one anecdote to another as the way of making concrete whatever idea she is considering. Her work is a delight and at times a marvel."-The New Yorker"Through these daguerreotypes we begin to understand other periods, the renunciations of World War I, the purpose of houses and mansions, of ritual ceremonials, such as tatooing. We are given a fresh and vivid view of the women's movement . . . which urges that what our 'small society' needs beyond human beings who have demonstrated what they can do, is people who are. 'Indeed, our own time,' she wrote in 1953, 'can be said to need a revision from doing to being.' She demonstrated it in her own work and craft, with courage and with dignity. This collection is as real as a gallery of old daguerreotypes, moving and unfaded. The work, as Hannah Arendt says, of a wise woman."-Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times "These essays . . . have the flavor of good conversation: humorous, easy, personal but not oppressive, the distillation of reading, thought, and experience. Their subjects are of surprisingly current interest. We need make no concessions to the past, need not set our watches back to 'historical.' Isak Dinesen was not a faddish thinker. . . . 'In hist.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Adamstown Books.
London, England: Heinemann, 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st English Edition. Collection of 8 essays by, and a biographical/critical foreword on, Isak Dinesen. Written later in life, topics include World War II, feminism, and nature conservation. Book Condition : Good; margin notes on table of contents and rear title page, no markings to text; sticker remnant inside front cover. Dust Jacket Condition : Good-; creasing, chipping, small tearing along all edges and spine; noticeable rubbing; price unclipped. .

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Adamstown Books [61200362], Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
1st English Edition. Collection of 8 essays by, and a biographical/critical foreword on, Isak Dinesen. Written later in life, topics include World War II, feminism, and nature conservation. Book Condition : Good; margin notes on table of contents and rear title page, no markings to text; sticker remnant inside front cover. Dust Jacket Condition : Good-; creasing, chipping, small tearing along all edges and spine; noticeable rubbing; price unclipped.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Greener Books [52838368], London, United Kingdom.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Sierra Nevada Books [57785937], Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Very good condition - book only shows a small amount of wear.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Spadina Road Books (ABAC/ILAB), ON, Toronto, [RE:1].
8vo. Cloth, First Edition.

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Daguerreotypes-and-Other-Essays~~Isak-Dinesen, Daguerreotypes And Other Essays, Hardcover.