- Social life and customs, Description and travel, Mœurs et coutumes, Biographies
The author relates her experience in Kenya, describing not only her own youth but also the country's traditions and people.
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Earnest, contemplative, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Isak Dinesen
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 389
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Books, Easton Press, Huang guan chu ban she
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- English, Italian, German, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780681401808
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“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.”
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into highly acclaimed, Academy Award-winning motion pictures. In Denmark she is best known for her works Out of Africa (Danish Den afrikanske Farm) and Seven Gothic Tales (Danish Syv fantastiske Fortællinger; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen).
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