{"product_id":"2026200008328-secondhand-out-of-africa","title":"Out Of Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of memoir and literary non-fiction, Out of Africa chronicles Karen Blixen's seventeen years living on a coffee farm at the foot of the Ngong Hills in British East Africa (now Kenya), from 1914 to 1931. Written with lyrical, almost poetic precision, the narrative presents vivid portraits of the African landscape, its wildlife, and the diverse people Blixen encountered — from the Kikuyu and Somali communities to European settlers and aristocrats. The book unfolds not as a straightforward autobiography but as a series of rich, impressionistic vignettes that together paint an intimate and elegiac picture of a vanishing world. Blixen argues, through tone and observation, that Africa holds a spiritual and existential gravity unlike anywhere else on Earth, and her prose captures both the grandeur of the continent and the deep personal losses she endured there. Universally regarded as one of the great works of twentieth-century literature, it remains a timeless and moving testament to place, identity, and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956345811163,"sku":"2026200008328-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1e154fc0-6499-407d-b169-8eab329eb841.png?v=1783499950","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008328-secondhand-out-of-africa","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}