Babette's Feast

Resumen del libro

'And it happened when Martine or Philippa spoke to Babette that they would get no answers, and would wonder if she had even heard what they said Orshe would sit immovable on the three-legged kitchen chair, her strong hands in her lap and her dark eyes wide open, as enigmatical and fatal as a Pythia upon her tripod. At such moments, they realised that Babette was deep, and that in the soundings of her being there were passions, there were memories and longings of which they knew nothing at all.'


Babette's Feast is a sublime celebration of eating, drinking and sensual pleasure. In Isak Dinesen's life-affirming short story, two elderly sisters living in a remote, god-fearing Norwegian community take in a mysterious refugee from Paris one night - and are rewarded for their kindness with the most decadent, luxurious feast of a lifetime.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Isak Dinesenx{0026}lt;/B (1885-1962), seudónimo utilizado por la baronesa Karen Blixen para firmar sus trabajos, nació en Dinamarca. Después de estudiar Arte se casó con su primo, con el que emigró a África para regentar una plantación de café. En 1931 la baja del precio del café en los mercados internacionales la obliga a volver a Europa. Dado que los editores daneses e ingleses rechazan el manuscrito x{0026}lt;I Siete cuentos góticosx{0026}lt;/I , decide enviarlo a Estados Unidos bajo seudónimo masculino. Es aceptado en 1934 y así nace Isak Dinesen, cuyo siguiente libro, x{0026}lt;I Memorias de Áfricax{0026}lt;/I , se convertiría en una de las obras cumbres de la literatura contemporánea y tendría años después una exitosa adaptación cinematográfica. Otras de sus grandes obras son: x{0026}lt;I Sombras en la hierbax{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Vengadoras angelicalesx{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P