Judith Thurman

Judith Thurman's brilliant, award—winning biography of Isak Dinesen- now with a new foreword by the author. A brilliant literary portrait, Isak Dinesen remains the only comprehensive biography of one of the greatest storytellers of our time. Dinesen's magnificent memoir, Out of Africa, established her as a major twentieth-century author, who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. With exceptional grace, Judith Thurman's classic work explores...

A portrait of one of the world's great writers and personalities chronicles the colorful life of Colette, from her diverse marriages and affairs with both men and women to her literary success.