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“Babette’s Feast”: the Story and the Film
“Babette’s Feast” is a short story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), the Danish author whose real life experiences managing a farm in British East Africa (colonial Kenya) led her to write Out of Africa (1937). Anyone who has read that book, or … Continue reading →
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Tagged Denmark, Films, Isak Dinesen, Short Stories
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