| Record Number |
743077 |
| ISBN |
9780679600213 (hardback) |
| 0679600213 |
| Author |
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 author. |
| Title |
Out of Africa / Isak Dinesen. |
| Edition |
Modern Library edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Modern Library, 1992. |
| ©1992 |
| Pagination etc. |
xiii, 399 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Modern Library classics |
| Contents note |
Series statement from jacket. |
| Originally published: London : Putnam, 1937. With new biographical note. |
| Wikipedia, Jan. 13, 2011 b (Karen Blixen; Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (b. 17 April 1885 and d. 7 September 1962 in Rungsted, Denmark), née Karen Christenze Dinesen; Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel. Blixen wrote works in both Danish and in English) |
| For works of this author entered under other names, search also under: b Andrézel, Pierre, 1885-1962, b Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962, b Blixen, Tania, 1885-1962. |
| Summary Note |
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. |
| Subject - Name |
Dinesen, Isak, -- 1885-1962 |
| Subject |
Country life -- Kenya |
| -- 20th century -- Biography. |
| Kenya -- Social life and customs -- 1895-1963 |
| Kenya -- Description and travel |
| Autobiographies. |
| Shelf Location |
967.6203 DINE |
