Babette’s Feast | What Do I Read Next?

All of the short stories in the collection Anecdotes of Destiny (1958), including ‘‘Babette’s Feast,’’ were written by Dinesen in the 1950s for American magazines and American readers.

Karen Blixen (as Isak Dinesen) is best known for Out of Africa (1937). Largely based on her actual experiences in Africa trying to operate successful coffee farms, this book remains popular because of its descriptions of landscape, animals, and people and its honest portrayal of a difficult lifestyle.

Like Water for Chocolate (1992) is Laura Esquivel’s...

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