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I HAD A FARM in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Love Poem to East Africa, Nov 10 2000

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Noah "earthvolunteer" (Atlanta, Ga. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Out of Africa (Hardcover)

A quintessential, lyrical love poem to East Africa. Karen Blixen's years of joy, discovery and struggle unfold beautifully in "Out of Africa"...which she wrote years later (under the pseudonym Isak Denesen) after returning to her native Denmark. What is absent from the book which one finds in the Oscar-winning film are the relationship struggles with her long-time companion Dennys Finch Hatton. Here she keeps her focus on the many friends, employees and characters she met along the way in the operation of her coffee plantation during the early 1900s...and avoids writing romantically about Finch Hatton. Her love affair with Africa though is beautifully and eloquently expressed throughout "Out Of Africa." Those readers who may be interested in reading more about her and Finch Hatton might be interested in reading her "Letters From Africa."

"Out Of Africa" is essential reading for those contemplating a journey to Kenya or Tanzania. It reads like a very colorful and sometimes haunting work of fiction, and is all the more fascinating because this remarkable woman and writer actually experienced it all.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Julie Harris does a perfect read, Jun 16 2004

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D. Kelly "deekay2" (Richmond, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Isak Dinesen collection (Audio Cassette)

It's amazing how each media gives a completely different feel of this fabulous book. Dinesen's book gets 5 stars. The movie gets 5 stars for telling the stories in the book as well as its beautiful handling of the relationship between Karen and Denys. The audiotape of the book would get 5 stars as well, if it was unabridged. Julie Harris gives me goosebumps (in a good way!)

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3.0 out of 5 stars An incomplete version, April 16 2004

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Bruce Baizel (Hesperus, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Isak Dinesen collection (Audio Cassette)

If you want the full version of Out of Africa, this is not the audio book for you - its abridged.

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