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The Lioness: Karen Blixen in Africa.
BUK-SWIENTY Tom.

The Lioness: Karen Blixen in Africa.

Gaia
€33,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 30594
Format 14.7 x 24
Détails 912 p., numerous black and white photographs, paperback.
Publication Larbey, 2024
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782330184377
The Lioness—that's what Karen Blixen was known as in Africa. Arriving on the continent in January 1914, dreaming of a new, free and exciting life, she left in 1931 almost broke. Drawing on extensive and previously unpublished correspondence, Tom Buk-Swienty disentangles fact from fiction to deliver a gripping portrait of Karen Blixen's life in Africa; a life marked by the First World War, the threat of personal bankruptcy, long safaris, poor harvests, divorce, a tragic romantic history, a boundless love for her chosen country and its people—and the loss of everything.
The Lioness—that's what Karen Blixen was known as in Africa. Arriving on the continent in January 1914, dreaming of a new, free and exciting life, she left in 1931 almost broke. Drawing on extensive and previously unpublished correspondence, Tom Buk-Swienty disentangles fact from fiction to deliver a gripping portrait of Karen Blixen's life in Africa; a life marked by the First World War, the threat of personal bankruptcy, long safaris, poor harvests, divorce, a tragic romantic history, a boundless love for her chosen country and its people—and the loss of everything.