Name: Out of Africa
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9780141913872

Isak Dinesen

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.

Out of Africa

Karen Blixen

Laura Mauler

The style of this book was lovely, how it focused on her farm and its people, and the beauty of nature in this corner of the world. She didn't talk much about her own self, and nothing of the other settlers, except in relating stories of her farm and its people; she wrote nothing of her past in Denmark. Her language was highly descriptive without being ornate, and that made everything feel more immediate and real. It was pretty rough going to read about her delight in shooting lions and iguanas and such, so guard your heart a bit if you love animals but don't let it put you off the book - blood red is part of the tapestry.

Trever

A nice bed-time read: nothing intense, but still interesting and artful

Out of Africa

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