I Dreamed of Africa
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670836125 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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This heartrending account ok, to avoid repetition of "tragedy"? reveals its author's courage and strength. As a child living in Italy, the author was fascinated with Africa. From Publishers Weekly Both a dream fulfilled and personal tragedy are revealed in this moving memoir. Then, in 1972 at 25, divorced and with a young son, she visited Kenya with her then-fiance, Paolo Gallmann. With an abundance of nearby wildlife--elephants, rhino, buffalo--the Gallmanns enjoyed an idyllic life among an expatriate community. First serial to Cosmopolitan; author tour. . context is absent, with only "at 25" above They settled on a ranch on the Laikipia Plateau at
John said Gives a good feel for Kenya. Interesting story.Gives a good feel for Kenya, and why Europeans would be attracted to live there,. "this book has (homo sapiens) legs" according to bill katovsky. there are two types of popular books about east africa: thosemacho male memoirs aping the hemingway big bwana mystique, andfeminized memoirs penned by intuitive, thoughtful, grounded women whose affinity to the land and its wildness brings to mind concepts like gaia or 'earth mothers". this book obviously belongs to the second camp--it's powerful in its lyrical and poetic evocation of the life, with her second husband and son, that she created on a huge ranch in a region teeming with black rhino, lions, and el. Left me a bit uneasy Terrie I have to admit, I did enjoy both the movie and the book both a great deal, as a sort of escapist fantasy. Despite the tragedies, it seems like fantasy because it is, in fact, a wealthy and aristocratic person's reality. (Who does one purchase an African ranch from and what was it before it was a ranch, anyhow?) I am most uneasy when the author describes how wonderfully accepted she is by the native people and how much good she has done for them, when it seems like the primary role they had in her life was as
But Emanuele has one passion that proves fatal - snakes. Through her dedication to the hills, gorges, elephant herds and tribespeople of Laikipia, the devotion of her friends and the love of her daughter, the author has forged a new life for herself and founded the Gallmann Foundation - a living memorial to her husband and son, dedicated to exploring new ways of combining development and conservation.. The last chapters epitomize the victory of friendship, courage and imagination over the cruellest tragedies. There follow years of recovery and hope: the birth of Paolo's golden-haired daughter Sveva; the emergence of Emmanuele from a boy fond of hunting and fishing into a youth with a love for motorbikes and girls. When her life with Paolo ends as violently as it had started, Kuki is left with her 14-year-old son Emanuele, an unborn baby and 90,000 acres of Africa to look after. At the age of 25, divorced, crippled by an accident, Kuki Gallmann left to convalesce in Kenya with her friend Paolo Gallmann, who was soon to become her husband. In Kenya she and Paolo explore lakes, desert and tropical coastline before buying a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau. The years bring a succession of discoveries and delights, but increasingly these are interspersed with dangers and premonitions. So begins a journey that takes her to the extremities of human experience