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Name: Out of Africa
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Author: Isak Dinesen

Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to operate a coffee farm. The venture failed in 1931, prompting her return to Denmark where she composed *Out of Africa*. The book celebrates her life on the farm, the close relationships she forged with indigenous peoples, and her affectionate, clear-eyed view of the country’s landscape and wildlife. Blixen reflects with an unsentimental intelligence on a culture and lifestyle that has since disappeared, underscoring the sense of loss that permeates the narrative.

First publish date: June 1994

Genre: Memoir/Travel Memoir

Authors: Isak Dinesen

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