African Nights
Autor Kuki Gallmannen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 mai 2014
Africa evokes a deep sense of mystery. It is a place that retains what most of the world has lost: space, roots, traditions, awesome beauty, true wilderness, rare animals, and extraordinary people. In this wonderful and haunting collection of stories, Kuki Gallmann writes of her life in Africa, where every day brings challenge and adventure.
African Nightsis a treasury of memories, in which fascinating people and places are brought to life. It he healing powers Africa can have on those who embrace the land as a place of mystery, superstition, danger, and beauty.
'Captures perfectly the magic of Kenya, creating an almost overwhelming picture of beauty and drama, pain and joy, death and resurrection . . . Her discovery of African culture, with its mystery and danger, is recounted in spare, lyrical prose'New York Times
'Powerful, poetic, unbearably moving: I wept' Clare Francis (onI Dreamed of Africa)
Kuki Gallmann was born near Venice and moved to Kenya in 1972 with her husband and young son. Following their deaths, she set up the Gallmann Memorial Foundation to promote new ways of combining development and conservation, and to provide sponsorship for the education of Kenyans. Her first book,I Dreamed of Africa, was published in 1991 to international acclaim and it became a world-wide bestseller. She lives in Kenya with her daughter and her dogs.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241971567
ISBN-10: 024197156X
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 024197156X
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Kuki
Gallmann
was
born
near
Venice
and
moved
to
Kenya
in
1972
with
her
husband
and
young
son.
Following
their
deaths,
she
set
up
the
Gallmann
Memorial
Foundation
to
promote
new
ways
of
combining
development
and
conservation,
and
to
provide
sponsorship
for
the
education
of
Kenyans.
Her
first
book,I
Dreamed
of
Africa,was
published
in
1991
to
international
acclaim
and
it
became
a
world-wide
bestseller.
She
lives
in
Kenya
with
her
daughter
and
her
dogs.
Recenzii
Captures
perfectly
the
magic
of
Kenya,
creating
an
almost
overwhelming
picture
of
beauty
and
drama,
pain
and
joy,
death
and
resurrection
.
.
.
Her
discovery
of
African
culture,
with
its
mystery
and
danger,
is
recounted
in
spare,
lyrical
prose.
Powerful, poetic, unbearably moving: I wept
Powerful, poetic, unbearably moving: I wept