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I Dreamed of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa
Author: Kuki Gallmann
'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 — 'In a haunting memoir vividly reminiscent of Isak Dinesen...Ms Gallmann captures perfectly the magic of Kenya, creating an almost overwhelming picture of beauty and drama, pain and joy, death and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140144598
ISBN-10: 0140144595
Publication Date: 5/1/1992
Pages: 312
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book and its companion that came out a few years later, African nights, are among the most haunting ones I've ever read, not because Gallmann writes "great literature," but because of her great heart, her courage, her love, and because of what it tells us about Africa.

It contains a Glossary of African words and thirty black and white photographs.

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