Out of Africa: and Shadows on the Grass (Vintage International)

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AuthorDinesen, Isak
PublisherVintage
Bindingpaperback
PublishedOctober 23, 1989
EditionReissue
LanguageEnglish
Pages480
ISBN-100679724753
ISBN-139780679724759
Weight0.99 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L		 1.06 in × 5.16 in × 7.99 in

Out of Africa: and Shadows on the Grass (Vintage International)

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Used book in good condition. Pages and cover are intact, with signs of use. Notes or highlighting are possible. CDs and access codes may be missing.

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with Classic Simplicity And A Painter's Feeling For Atmosphere And Detail, Isak Dinesen Tells Of The Years She Spent From 1914 To 1931 Managing A Coffee Plantation In Kenya. john Updike her Main Memoir, ''out Of Africa,'' Published In 1937, Has Been Called The Greatest Pastoral Romance Of Modern Times....enter A Deliciously Described World Of Sharply Painted, Dramatically Costumed Heroes And Heroines Posing, With Many A Spectacular Gesture And Eloquent Aria, In Magnificent Landscapes Maintained By Invisible Hands As A...

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with Classic Simplicity And A Painter's Feeling For Atmosphere And Detail, Isak Dinesen Tells Of The Years She Spent From 1914 To 1931 Managing A Coffee Plantation In Kenya.

john Updike

her Main Memoir, ''out Of Africa,'' Published In 1937, Has Been Called The Greatest Pastoral Romance Of Modern Times....enter A Deliciously Described World Of Sharply Painted, Dramatically Costumed Heroes And Heroines Posing, With Many A Spectacular Gesture And Eloquent Aria, In Magnificent Landscapes Maintained By Invisible Hands As A Kind Of Huge Stage Set....hough Isak Dinesen's Leisurely And Ornate Anecdotes, Which She Furnishes With Just Enough Historical Touches To Make The Stage Firm, Have Something In Them Of The Visionary And The Artificial, They Are Not Escapist. From The Sweeping Flood Of The First Story To The Casual And Savage Murder Of The Last, They Face Pain And Loss With The Brisk Familiarity Of One Who Has Amply Known Both, And Force Us To Face Them, Too. Far From Hollow And Devoid Of A Moral, The Tales Insistently Strive To Inculcate A Moral Stance....intoxication Figures Frequently In Isak Dinesen's Work, And Mercilessness Was Part Of The Storyteller's Art As She Construed It: The Story Must Pursue Its End Without Undue Compassion For Its Characters. Combat Lies Closer Than Compassion To The Secret Of ''seven Gothic Tales,'' And Its Exhilaration Is Their Contagious Mood. -- New York Times


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