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Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen

5.0

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A beautifully descriptive and poignant account of Karen Blixen's turbulent but exquisite life in Kenya during the early 20th century, where she and her largely absent husband ran a coffee plantation. An epic story of a strong woman who survived in and loved the African landscape, who understood and fought for the rights of the native people on her land, and experienced love and tragedy within its bounds. Eloquent and memorably written.