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Out of Africa / Shadows On The Grass
Out of Africa / Shadows On The Grass
Author: Isak Dinesen
One of the great figures in twentieth century literature is Isak Dinesen (the pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen). At the age of twenty-seven, she left Denmark and sailed for East Africa to marry her Swedish cousin, Baron Bror Blixen. Together they bought a four-thousand-acre coffee plantation in Kenya. For the next seventeen years she managed th...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780394742113
ISBN-10: 0394742117
Publication Date: 11/12/1985
Pages: 502
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3.9 stars, based on 73 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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As much as I loved the movie "Out of Africa" the story in words takes on a whole new dimension. The short story "Shadows on the Grass" was a pure pleasure to read. I highly recommend this book.
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reviewed Out of Africa / Shadows On The Grass on + 813 more book reviews
Out of Africa is a definitive memoir of Kenya at the turn of the twentieth century, circa 1914-1931, while Shadows on the Grass is a reflection of that time written twenty-five years later. It is a vivid account of master-servant relationships as they were then and a book that I wish I had read sixty years ago. While the authors experiences with the natives are largely positive, one can sense the stirrings of dissent that will arise post World War II. For a recount of these there is no better reading than Robert Ruarks writings of the Mau Mau uprising, Something of Value and Uhuru.
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This breathtaking story is so rich and descriptive that it puts the movie to shame. Out of Africa is a MUST READ.


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