Out of Africa

图书标准信息

• 作者 Karen Blixen 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2001-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141183336
• 定价 101.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromthemomentKarenBlixenarrivedinKenyain1914tomanageacoffeeplantation,herheartbelongedtoAfrica.Drawntotheintensecoloursandravishinglandscapes,KarenBlixenspentherhappiestyearsonthefarmandherexperiencesandfriendshipswiththepeoplearoundherarevividlyrecalledinthesememoirs."OutofAfrica"isthestoryofaremarkableandunconventionalwomanandofawayoflifethathasvanishedforever.

【作者简介】

ISAKDINESENwasthepen-nameofKarenBlixen,whowasborninRungsted,Denmarkin1885.AfterstudyingartatCopenhagen,ParisandRome,shemarriedhercousin,BaronBrorBlixen-Finecke,in1914.TogethertheywenttoKenyatomanageacoffeeplantation.Aftertheirdivorcein1921,shecontinuedtoruntheplantationuntilacollapseinthecoffeemarketforcedherbacktoDenmarkin1931.AlthoughshehadwrittenoccasionalcontributionstoDanishperiodicalssince1905(underthenomdeplumeofOsceola),herrealdébuttookplacein1934withthepublicationofSevenGothicTales,writteninEnglishunderherpen-name.OutofAfrica(1937)isanautobiographicalaccountoftheyearsshespentinKenya.MostofhersubsequentbookswerepublishedinEnglishandDanishsimultaneously,includingWinter’sTales(1942)andTheAngelicAvengers(1946),underthenameofPierreAndrézol.AmongherothercollectionsofstoriesareLastTales(1957),AnecdotesofDestiny(1958),ShadowsontheGrass(1960)andEhrengard(1963).AllofthesebooksarepublishedbyPenguin.BaronessBlixendiedinRungstedin1962.