Her most religious collection. Religious in the sense that she thematizes religion, and especially Christianity, in nearly every story. Not religious in the sense of spiritual. Whereas her Biblical sources were, in previous collections, more implicit, she here places them front and center. It's strange that she chose to call this book "Last Tales," as she actually continued publishing books after this one, roughly half her total output, in fact. Clearly the three volumes that precede "Last Tales" are her greatest achievement, but "Anecdotes of Destiny" was yet to come, and with it "Babette's Feast," and, according to Robert Langbaum, she even knew that she had at least one more collection ("Anecdotes of Destiny) before she even offered "Last Tales" to her publisher. I gave "Last Tales" five stars--probably overrating it, but it's a book I reread and continue to find remarkable for the beauty of its language and the keen turns of thought. It's true that, aesthetically, she returns, almost obsessively, to the same tacks she developed in "Seven Gothic Tales," but for me lack of novelty is not necessarily a flaw. ( )

I tre racconti che segnalo sono:
- Conversazione notturna a Copenaghen
- Stagione mondana a Copenaghen
- La pagina bianca
Anche stavolta ho trovato due conferme:
- Karen Blixen sa scrivere racconti
- Il suo talento si esprime al meglio nei racconti di ambientazione nordica dove non si fa irretire da fantasie esotiche (per me) deludenti ( )

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