Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbors--lions, rhinos, elephants, zebras, buffaloes--and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful.

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This edition is set from the first American edition of 1937 and commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of Random House.

Baroness Karen Blixen of Rungstedlund (1885-1962) used the pen name Isak Dinesen. Letters through Africa, 1914-1931 and Daguerreotypes and Other Essays, both by Isak Dinesen, are also available from the University of Chicago Press, as is Frans Lasson's The Life and Fate of Isak Dinesen.

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ISBN 13	9780679600213
ISBN 10	0679600213
Title	Out of Africa
Author	Isak Dinesen
Series	Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1992-09-05
Number of pages	416
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.