Listed by Modern Library as one of the greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. Basis for the film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, which went on to win seven Academy Awards. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest works of nonfiction of the twentieth century. Blixen discusses a major conflict within the book, colonialism and the relationship between the native Africans and their recent rulers, white Europeans. Karen Blixens 'Out of Africa' is a memoir that captures the essence of colonial Kenya during the early 20th century.

Fandango helps you go back to the movies with confidence and peace. Out of Africa reads like a collection of stories in which she adheres to no strict chronology, gives no explanation of the facts of her life, and apologizes for nothing. Karen Blixen, Out of This World / Out of Africa showtimes, tickets, reviews & trailers. After the plantation failed, she returned to Europe and began to write under the pen name Isak Dinesen. In 1937, Danish author Karen Blixen published Out of Africa, an iconic book that told the story of her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya. A superior example.įrom 1914 to 1931, Danish aristocrat Baroness Karen Blixen owned and operated a coffee plantation in Kenya. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a small tear and light shelfwear. Item Number: 4186įirst American edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya.

Out of Africa by Karen Blixen