Letters from Africa, 1914-1931
by Isak Dinesen
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Author: Isak DinesenEditor: Frans Lasson
Translator: Anne Born
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1984-04-15
ISBN: 0226153118
Number of pages: 516
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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- Paperback with picture of Isak Dinesen with African scene in background.
- 474 [ages
Book Reviews of Letters from Africa, 1914-1931
Book Review: Superb
Summary: 5 Stars
I actually had several of Isak Dinesen's works - "Out of Africa," her seven tales, and her book of letters. I hadn't seen the movie and I honestly wasn't even that interested in Africa or Danish people. But I'm fascinated by women's letters, and that is why I bought this book. I have read these letters and nothing else by her, to be quite honest, and these letters have inspired me to read more of her writings (once I stop finding other women's letters in book form to read).
I share all of the other reviewers' observations and feelings toward this book, so I won't repeat them. One thing I will add is that it is truly fascinating to read passages of her letters that have to deal with hunting game ... I don't know much about Africa or its colonizations, but if I recall, the colonizing didn't start until late in the 19th century - when "game" was more than plentiful. Even with this in mind, I couldn't help but be appalled when she recited the numbers of animals that were killed simply for sport. This bias aside, these letters made it easy to see how animals became endangered and extinct.
Obviously, there is more to the letters than hunting - otherwise I never would have read the entire book. Karen Blixen was obviously a very determined, passionate woman and this came through in her letters. Her voice and her descriptions of her life in Africa made these letters worth reading to someone who previously had no interest in the colonization of Africa.
Summary of Letters from Africa, 1914-1931
"Here is a rich new biographical perspective on the brilliant storyteller whose sophisticated romantic fiction . . . made her an international success and perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. . . . [These letters] contain the raw material that was later transformed into her classic memoir Out of Africa (1937). They also reveal her as a highly intelligent and sensitive analyst of a strange new world."--Bruce Allen, Christian Science Monitor
"Letters from Africa is literary gold, 24 karat."--Alden Whitman, Boston Globe
"Letters from Africa is literary gold, 24 karat."--Alden Whitman, Boston Globe
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