R1,200.00
The book focuses on Gallmann’s lifelong interest in Africa. The memoir ranges from her childhood’s fascination with the continent (whence the title) to her 1972 decision to relocate to Kenya to run a farm in the Laikipia plain with her husband and son. Gallmann published the book in 1991, twenty years after moving to Kenya, and she chose to write it in English as this was by then her adoptive language. The book is often compared to Karen Blixen’s Out of Africa, as the subject has several traits in common, and the setting is, in both cases, the savannahs of Kenya, in the Great Rift Valley area. The 2000 movie of the same title, starring Kim Basinger and directed by Hugh Hudson, is based on the book.
Price: R1200.00
Edition: First edition
Published: 1991
Publishers: Viking (The Penguin Group)
ISBN: 9780670836123
Condition: Hardcover in near-pristine condition. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear on the corners as well as the bottom of the cover – now covered in a protective plastic sleeve. Previous owner’s name on the inside cover and the author’s inscription and signature on the half-title page, otherwise the book is internally in near-pristine condition.
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The book focuses on Gallmann’s lifelong interest in Africa. The memoir ranges from her childhood’s fascination with the continent (whence the title) to her 1972 decision to relocate to Kenya to run a farm in the Laikipia plain with her husband and son. Gallmann published the book in 1991, twenty years after moving to Kenya, and she chose to write it in English as this was by then her adoptive language. The book is often compared to Karen Blixen’s Out of Africa, as the subject has several traits in common, and the setting is, in both cases, the savannahs of Kenya, in the Great Rift Valley area. The 2000 movie of the same title, starring Kim Basinger and directed by Hugh Hudson, is based on the book.
Price: R1200.00
Edition: First edition
Published: 1991
Publishers: Viking (The Penguin Group)
ISBN: 9780670836123
Condition: Hardcover in near-pristine condition. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear on the corners as well as the bottom of the cover – now covered in a protective plastic sleeve. Previous owner’s name on the inside cover and the author’s inscription and signature on the half-title page, otherwise the book is internally in near-pristine condition.
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| Weight | 720 g |
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