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MODERN CLASSICS OUT OF AFRICA

Isak Dinesen - Author
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Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 336 pages | ISBN 9780141183336 | 27 Sep 2001 | Penguin Classics | Adult
MODERN CLASSICS OUT OF AFRICA
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. ‘Compelling … a story of passion … and a movingly poetic tribute to a lost land’ The Times