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| Original Title: | Out of Africa |
| ISBN: | 0679600213 (ISBN13: 9780679600213) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Gustav Mohr, Isak Dinesen |
| Setting: | Africa Nairobi(Kenya) Kenya |
Isak Dinesen
Hardcover | Pages: 399 pages Rating: 3.96 | 32016 Users | 1846 Reviews
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Out of Africa is Isak Dinesen's memoir of her years in Africa, from 1914 to 1931, on a four-thousand-acre coffee plantation in the hills near Nairobi. She had come to Kenya from Denmark with her husband, and when they separated she stayed on to manage the farm by herself, visited frequently by her lover, the big-game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton, for whom she would make up stories "like Scheherazade." In Africa, "I learned how to tell tales," she recalled many years later. "The natives have an ear still. I told stories constantly to them, all kinds." Her account of her African adventures, written after she had lost her beloved farm and returned to Denmark, is that of a master storyteller, a woman whom John Updike called "one of the most picturesque and flamboyant literary personalities of the century."
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| Title | : | Out of Africa |
| Author | : | Isak Dinesen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 399 pages |
| Published | : | 1992 by Modern Library (first published 1937) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Cultural. Africa. Classics. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 32016 Users | 1846 ReviewsWrite-Up Out Of Books Out of Africa
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. This very first line of Dinesen's memoir is like down Alice's rabbit hole; Platform Nine and three quarters, King's Cross or that cyclone that took Dorothy to Oz. Except this time, the world is a real one. Though not imaginary, it isn't lacking in adventures because of that and is unlike anything that modern city dwelling readers can know. It is a sad hardship and slavery to people who live in towns, that in their movements they know ofThis woman led an extraordinary life. She tells of her struggles to make a coffee tree farm profitable in Kenya (17 years she lived there, 10 with a dissolute husband and 7 on her own after their divorce, you get the feeling she wasn't too keen about him, as she only mentions him once in the narrative) with lyrical, lovely prose. This is not a linear story, but rather a collection of short vignettes about Africa: her friends there, animals she loved and those she hunted, the beauty of the
This book was odd, fascinating, strange, depressing, tedious, poignant, old-fashioned and profound.I've heard so many different things from people as I read this book. A few fellow readers called it racist. Others went on and on about the beauty of the writing. I enjoyed it, but now that I've set the book aside, I feel unsettled. This book encapsulates the receding tide of African culture. Dinesen writes, "It was not I who was going away, I did not have it in my power to leave Africa, but it was
This book is a series of stories about the author's life while living in Kenya. I was interested by her observations of the local wildlife and the local Natives, with each having aspects of their personalities that were influenced by their tribe. For the most part, though, I actually felt bored. It took me an entire week to finish this 330 page book. I was not really surprised to see the typical European Colonial Arrogance (it was a very serious medical condition) but that didn't make it any
"I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills". After finishing the book I turned back to read this opening line again, and in this first sentence one can sense the pride that Blixen felt for this place, and one can also feel the sadness, the disappointment in the word "had", knowing that it slipped away from her at the end. Losing her farm and also losing her beloved Denys Finch Hatton must have been devastating.This is one of those memoirs that is as compelling as good fiction.
After seeing the movie "Out of Africa" for the second time recently, I wondered if I would enjoy the book as well. Not to worry, the book is even better since the author was a keen observer and an accomplished storyteller.Isak Dinesen is the pen name for the Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke who came from Denmark to British East Africa (Kenya) with her husband in 1914. Although they soon separated, Dinesen stayed to run a large coffee plantation near Nairobi. She tells stories about the customs
I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills. From its first sentence Out of Africa captivated me. It was enchanting, old-fashioned, poignant, wistful and insightful. Karen Blixens story of her life in Africa, a series of reminiscences from 1914 to 1931, portrays her love for that country the people, the land, the animals. It has a fairy tale quality at times. Blixen is a master story-teller; its easy to understand why Denys Finch Hatton loved to hear her recount her stories. The
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