Out of Africa, 9780241951439
Paperback
Africa claimed her heart; unforgettable memoirs of a vanished world.

Out of Africa

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    12 May 2011

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Summary

My African Home: A Memoir of Kenya

“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills … Up in this high air you breathed easily … you woke up in the morning and thought- Here I am, where I ought to be.”

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 arou…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241951439
ISBN-10:0241951437
Series:Penguin Essentials
Author:Karen Blixen
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:12 May 2011
Weight:188g
Dimensions:180mm x 112mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

A work of sincere power … a fine lyrical study of life in East Africa

A work of sincere power … a fine lyrical study of life in East Africa – Harold Nicolson * Daily Telegraph *A compelling story of passion and a movingly poetic tribute to a lost land * The Times *With its lyrical and luminous picture of Kenya, it launched a million tourist trails * Guardian *

About The Author

Karen Blixen

Karen Blixen 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 managed a coffee plantation in Kenya until they divorced in 1925. She continued on the farm until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Rungsted 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 the pen name, Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa (1937) is an autobiographical account of the years she spent in Kenya. All of her subsequent books were published in both English and Danish, including Winter’s Tales (1942) and The Angelic Avengers (1936). Among her other collections of stories are Last Tales (1957), Anecdotes of Destiny (1958), Shadows on the Grass (1960) and posthumously Ehrengard (1963). In the 1950s she was mentioned several times as a candidate to receive the Noble Prize in Literature.

Baroness Blixen died in Rungsted in 1962. In 1991 her house was opened as The Karen Blixen Museum.

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