Dominique de Saint-Pern
Journaliste et romancière, Dominique de Saint Pern est l’auteure de plusieurs romans, dont L’Extravagante Dorothy Parker, Pour l’amour d’un guerrier, Baronne Blixen, traduits...
Baronne Blixen
Auteur
Parution :
02/01/2015
Collection :
La Bleue
BARONESS BLIXEN
Rights sold to Czech Republic (Metafora) and Spain (Circe)
Karen Blixen. Yes, but which one? The African hunter at her Kenyan farm, Mbogani? The baroness who received crowned heads at her table in Africa or at Rungstedlund, her more austere home in Denmark ? Tanne (her nickname), thwarted in love but a passionate mistress whose body crippled with syphilis could still love Denys Finch-Hatton before he died in a plane crash? The writer baroness who came to literature at nearly 50, belatedly discovering this font of glory, and known worldwide for Out of Africa (1937), Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Babette’s Feast (1958), but whose recognition would never quite erase her longing for the red glow of Africa? The ageing baroness, a tyrannical muse to a group of poets who, in a final tragic farce, fell in love with the most brilliant of them, Thorkild ?
Rights sold to Czech Republic (Metafora) and Spain (Circe)
Karen Blixen. Yes, but which one? The African hunter at her Kenyan farm, Mbogani? The baroness who received crowned heads at her table in Africa or at Rungstedlund, her more austere home in Denmark ? Tanne (her nickname), thwarted in love but a passionate mistress whose body crippled with syphilis could still love Denys Finch-Hatton before he died in a plane crash? The writer baroness who came to literature at nearly 50, belatedly discovering this font of glory, and known worldwide for Out of Africa (1937), Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Babette’s Feast (1958), but whose recognition would never quite erase her longing for the red glow of Africa? The ageing baroness, a tyrannical muse to a group of poets who, in a final tragic farce, fell in love with the most brilliant of them, Thorkild ?
Not one Karen Blixen, then, but a multitude of them. Supported by thoroughly researched documents, by trips to Denmark and Africa and by her immersion in Blixen’s writings, Dominique de Saint Pern resuscitates not only the woman and writer, the lover and the she-devil, but also the spirit of a golden age when people knew how to love, write and die beautifully.
Dominique de Saint Pern has worked as a journalist for L'Express, Elle, and Marie-Claire where she was editor in chief. She is the author of L'extravagante Dorothy Parker (Grasset, 1994), Les Amants du soleil noir (Grasset, 2005) and Pour l'amour d'un guerrier (Grasset, 2007).
Karen Blixen, roman. La baronne a eu en effet la vie la plus romanesque qui puisse être. On serait tenté de dire : les vies. Chasseresse africaine au Kenya, hôtesse mondaine dans sa demeure maritime de Rungstedlund au Danemark, conteuse au profil acéré d’oiseau de proie, amoureuse et amante, de Denys Finch Hatton à sa dernière passion nordique, Thorkild BjØrnvig, un poète de trente ans son cadet ! Écrivain et démiurge, mondialement célébrée et lue.
Comment chanter sa singularité, sa liberté, son souverain mépris des codes et des convenances ? Dans ce roman vrai, de l’Afrique au Danemark, de New York à Londres, c’est toute une folle époque qui revit ici en couleurs et en cinémascope : Dominique de Saint Pern ressuscite la femme courageuse et la diablesse, mais aussi l’âme de cet âge d’or où l’on savait aimer, écrire et mourir en beauté.
Comment chanter sa singularité, sa liberté, son souverain mépris des codes et des convenances ? Dans ce roman vrai, de l’Afrique au Danemark, de New York à Londres, c’est toute une folle époque qui revit ici en couleurs et en cinémascope : Dominique de Saint Pern ressuscite la femme courageuse et la diablesse, mais aussi l’âme de cet âge d’or où l’on savait aimer, écrire et mourir en beauté.
432 pages
Format :
135 x 215 mm
EAN :
9782234076365
Prix :
21.50 €
