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I Dreamed of Africa [Paperback]

Kuki Gallmann (Author)
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Publication Date: 6 Sep 2007

‘Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the lake, and the evening shadows settle over the valleys and plains of the Laikipia plateau.’

Kuki Gallmann’s haunting memoir of bringing up a family in Kenya in the 1970s first with her husband Paulo, and then alone, is part elegaic celebration, part tragedy, and part love letter to the magical spirit of Africa.

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (6 Sep 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0141033185
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141033181
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Powerful, poetic, unbearably moving: I wept (Clare Francis )

'This is a book that belongs on a shelf with the memoirs of Olive Schreiner, Elspeth Huxley, Beryl Markham – and with Out of Africa Judith Thurman

Ms Gallmann captures perfectly the magic of Kenya, creating an almost overwhelming picture of beauty and drama, pain and joy, death and resurrection . . . Vividly reminiscent of Isak Dinesen (New York Times )

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As a child, Kuki Gallmann discovered the singular magic of Africa. As an adult, she emigrates to Africa with her new husband, Paolo, and her son, Emanuele. Although it is the place she has waited for all her life, she never dreamed of the pain, passion, joy and hardship that were hidden in its vast beauty.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Tour de Force 21 May 2010
By Genny Bobroff
Format:Paperback
This book is one of the most beautifully crafted autobiographies I have been privileged to read. It is a tour de force of description and emotion. It draws the reader in from page 1. and one remains transfixed throughout. It is almost beyond belief how an individual who suffered such personal grief and loss, could create an atmosphere of such deep love and understanding of a country which took away so much and yet brought the author, ultimately, such peace. Written from the soul, this book is a deeply personal journey, filled with joy and sadness and eventually, with the help of Africa, its people and its animals, a journey of self-discovery, an understanding of the fragility of human life and finally, happiness. An absolute 'must read'.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars i dreamed of africa 4 Aug 2010
By bernie
Format:Paperback
My husband was born in Kenya in 1952 and died here in London in 1999. Just before he died he said to me that he wanted to go to Kenya but obviously he was too ill to go and would never get the chance to go back there.
I got an opportunity to travel there with a friend, that I met this year, and I was so moved by my experience there. It is the most beautiful place in the world and I know now 10 years after my husbancs death, what he meant when he said he wanted to go to Kenya. I brought back some plant seeds and have planted them on his grave now that they are little plants. As he could not go to Kenya in 1999 this was a wonderful gift for me to be able to take a little bit of Kenya to him in 2010.
Why I am telling you this is because when I bought and read 'I Dreamed of Africa' I was truly touched by this ladies experience and identified so much with her story. She has written most beautifully what I cannot express in writing or even in words.
This is a worderful story of a beautiful country and spirituality in every sense. I will keep this book and will re-read it.
This book did for me what no other book could.
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars A one-sided view of Africa 31 Jan 2001
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As the story of Kuki Gallmann this book cannot fail to move. But as a vision of Africa it is very much the White Man's story. Africans seem to have a very secondary role, either as staff or in cultural set-pieces. And while the commitment to wildlife conservation is laudable, the commitment to the wellbeing of Kenyans is sadly missing. By all means read this book; but for another, better angle on contemporary Africa, try Dervla Murphy's "The Ukimwe Road".
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Kenya Set
First half of the book auther comes across as a girl from a privileged background full of her own comfortable useless life. Read more
Published 15 days ago by vcole
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
How much tragedy and love can happen in 1 womans life. I couldnt put this book down. From tears to laughter then back to tears!
Published 2 months ago by EmmaDicks
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy buyer
Very satisfied with this purchase which I still have to read but the book is in excellent condition thank you
Published 2 months ago by Colleen Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars A story worth reading - and then reading again.
Fabulous, fabulous book. Read it years ago and it stayed with me. Still as good as I remember. Beautiful Africa.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. Katie Mackinnon
5.0 out of 5 stars I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann
Wonderful book, so well written. I just loved it. having been bought up in Kenya it was great.
I would love another of her books.
Published 4 months ago by Ann
3.0 out of 5 stars Waking dream
Kuki Gallmann, her husband and their son were from Italy. Their family and circumstances were comfortable, except that there was the war and the immediate post-WW2 period; it was a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Azimuth500
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Story from an amazing woman
Kuki has had quite a life really and the backdrop of Living in Africa helps to set it off wonderfully. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2011 by Icemaiden
1.0 out of 5 stars I dreamed of Misery
If you expect a book on Africa, its people or its customs, you will be disappointed as this book is entirely on the lives of rich white people in Africa who seem to only be in... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2010 by shesha108
4.0 out of 5 stars Moving
Although I'm not a native speaker so I had some difficulties to read it, it is really moving and it shows a will-power really astonishing. I liked it.
Published on 30 Oct 2009 by Enrica
1.0 out of 5 stars The ramblings of a pretentious egotist
I struggle to understand those who could not put this book down - I finished it but only through gritted teeth (if I start a book, I finish it - this has been the only book I have... Read more
Published on 11 July 2008 by Marand
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