It is a book in portuguese called "África Minha". Well, Out of Africa is a book written by the the danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the eighteen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then called British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixen's life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there. It provides a vivid snapshot of African colonial life in the last decades of the British Empire. Blixen wrote the book in English and then rewrote it in Danish.
The book has sometimes been published under the author's pen name, Isak Dinesen.
This region, where Karen lived, today is called Karen in name of the author.
This month I am working here and I can tell how sweet these land is, it seems to have been written by the writer herself.
There is a movie based on the book which was registered here. It is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Merryl Streep and Robert Redford.
Would you like to visit Karen?
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