- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classic; New edition edition (Sep 27 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0141183330
- ISBN-13: 978-0141183336
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #58,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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, Karen 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.
About the Author
ISAK DINESEN was the pen-name of Karen Blixen, who was born in Rungsted, Denmark in 1885. After studying art at Copenhagen, Paris and Rome, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914. Together they went to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. After their divorce in 1921, she continued to run the plantation until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Denmark in 1931. Although she had written occasional contributions to Danish periodicals since 1905 (under the nom de plume of Osceola), her real debut took place in 1934 with the publication of Seven Gothic Tales, written in English under her pen-name. Out of Africa (1937) is an autobiographical account of the years she spent in Kenya. Most of her subsequent books were published in English and Danish simultaneously, including Winter's Tales (1942) and The Angelic Avengers (1946), under the name of Pierre Andrezol. Among her other collections of stories are Last Tales (1957), Anecdotes of Destiny (1958), Shadows on the Grass (1960) and Ehrengard (1963). All of these books are published by Penguin. Baroness Blixen died in Rungsted in 1962.
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I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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Wonderfull book that gives a picture of a strong woman, Mar 2 1999
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This review is from: Out of Africa (Audio Cassette)
Karen Blixen (Isac Dinesen) is one of Denmarks best writers. Out of Africa is her main book that tells the story of her life in Africa. Read the book it is much more than the loveaffair with Dennys Finck-Hatton (Out of Africa with R. Redford and M. Streep)The book gives a wonderfull picture of Blixens relationship with the natives and have that ancient athmosphere that appears in all colonial litterature.
Read the book it gives a picture of a vere strong woman who knew what she wanted but again and again had to compromise according to her life and the oppotunities it gave her.
The book is one of my favourits because it has got everything. Love, death, hope, history, feminism, nature, africa.
1 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Third on the booklist, Nov 19 2009
By Sheila E. Daluz - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Modern Classics Out Of Africa (Paperback)
One of several books needed for the English class, and the school library needed to provide. I was very satisfied with the price and the condition of the book.
5 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Out of Africa, Jun 1 2000
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This review is from: Out of Africa (Audio Cassette)
I did not enjoy this book because I found that it was very long and did not "Catch" the reader. I kept reading only because I was doing a review on it and I had to keep reading. I saw the movie and it is much better!
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