Out of Africa (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Karen Christenze Dinesen
- First Published: 1937
- Time of Work: 1914–1931
- Setting: British East Africa (later Kenya)
- Principal Characters: Isak Dinesen, Farah Aden, Kamante, Esa, Pooran Singh, Kaninu, Denys Finch-Hatton, Kinanjui, Kabero, Lord Delamere
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, Nature writing
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Colonialism, Nature, Europe or Europeans, 1920’s, Farms, farmers, or farming, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Life, philosophy of, Life and death
- Locales: Kenya
Form and Content
Out of Africa is the result of Isak Dinesen’s seventeen years as an unsuccessful coffee farmer in the Ngong Hills outside Nairobi, British East Africa (now Kenya). A retrospective narrative, it details her personal experiences in that land and offers a wealth of observations about nature, the culture of the natives, and the life of the immigrant settlers. The book also contains many vivid portraits of both natives and settlers, as well as accounts of numerous dramatic incidents, such as experiences during World War I, incidents of violence, safaris,...
[The entire page is 1897 words long]
Navigate
- Out of Africa (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
- Out of Africa (Magill Book Reviews)
- Out of Africa (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
- Out of Africa (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
See Also:
See Also:
- - Out of Africa summary and study guide in the eNotes.
- Add Out of Africa to your favorites