Out of Africa / Karen Blixen.

By:

Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Original language: Danish Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin Books 2011.Description: 329 p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780241951439

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DDC classification:

839.81

Contents:

1. Kamante and Lulu -- 2. A shooting accident on the farm -- 3. Visitors to the farm -- 4. From an inmigrant's notebook -- 5. Farewell to the farm.

Summary: From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs. Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman, and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.

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1. Kamante and Lulu --
2. A shooting accident on the farm --
3. Visitors to the farm --
4. From an inmigrant's notebook --
5. Farewell to the farm.

From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs.

Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman, and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.

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