Out of Africa
内容简介
'I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills . . . Up in this high air you breathed easily . . . you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.'
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From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs.
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Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman, and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.
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作者简介
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (Danish pronunciation: [kʰɑːɑn ˈb̥leg̊sn̩]), (17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962), née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel. Blixen wrote works in Danish, French and English.
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读书文摘
我想，如果我知道一首非洲之歌，它歌唱长颈鹿、歌唱一弯斜倚的非洲新月，歌唱田野里的犁铧和采咖啡挂满汗珠的脸，非洲又是否记得关于我的歌？平原上的风会因为我穿过的颜色而颤动吗？孩童们会否发明以我的名字命名的游戏？满月会不会在沙砾路上投下一个像我的影子？恩贡山的鹰又是否仍在留意我？
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