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Isak Dinesen (Author), Karen Blixen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (25 Oct 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140180435
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140180435
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Isak Dinesen takes up the absorbing story of her life in Kenya begun in the unforgettable Out of Africa, which she published under the name of Karen Blixen. With warmth and humanity these four stories illuminate her love both for the African people, their dignity and traditions, and for the beauty and wildness of the landscape. The first three were written in the 1950s and the last, 'Echoes from the Hills', was written especially for this volume in the summer of 1960 when the author was in her seventies. In all they provide a moving final chapter to her African reminiscences.
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As here, after twenty-five years, I again take up episodes of my life in Africa, one figure, straight, candid, and very fine to look at, stands as doorkeeper to all of them: my Somali servant Farah Aden. Read the first page
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you enjoyed reading "Out of Africa" or watching the movie
starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, here's more of the same!

Shadows on the Grass (original title "Skygger paa graesset")
is a celebration of the dignity, wisdom and beauty of the
people of Africa. This book contains four stories told with
love, of which avid fans of "Out of Africa" will recognize
themselves in two.

The first chapter "Farah", is the story of the peculiar and
powerful pact between Blixen and her Somali servant Farah Aden.
The author herself called it "a portrait of a gentleman".

The chapter entitled "Barua a soldani" is the story of a letter
from the Danish king that came to be respected as powerful
medicine by the members of the Kikuyu tribe. And there might be
some truth in this magical tale: a letter from king Christian X
of Denmark was indeed found in the archives of the Blixen estate.

The last chapter is Karen Blixen's own farewell to Africa and
her efforts to maintain contact with the land and the people
she came to love, as she spent her last years in her house in
Rungstedlund, Denmark, now a museum.

Karen Blixen's great storyteller and her ability to really
bring out the magical flavour of Africa shine through in this
her last book about Kenya.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Enjoy having book again 5 Mar 2009
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Searching still for info that confirms something I remember from when I first read book years ago. It also prompt me to watch the movie again.
4 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Nothing but a killer 12 Sep 2009
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Format:Hardcover
The first chapter about her most loved servent, Farah is good. After that she gets into her absolute LOVE of killing the animals of Africa. She just loves to hunt. If she sees a lion while driving she will stop and kill it. She kills elephants....she kills everything. I couldn't read any more it was disgusting.
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