I Dreamed of Africa
by Gallmann, Kuki
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Penguin May 1991. 1991. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 316pp colour illus. very good. / Very good d/w. Both a dream fulfilled and personal tragedy are revealed in this moving memoir. As a child living in Italy, the author was fascinated with Africa. Then, in 1972 at 25, divorced and with a young son, she visited Kenya with her then-fiance, Paolo Gallmann. .
Synopsis
At the age of twenty-five, Kuki Gallman , divorced and badly injured in a devastating car accident, left Italy to convalesce in Africa with the man who would become her second husband. Enchanted by the land, they established a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau in Kenya. But Africa's splendor came with a price. Filled with pain and joy, beauty and drama, Gallman's haunting memoir "captures perfectly the magic of Kenya" ( The New York TImes Book Review ).
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- Title
- I Dreamed of Africa
- Author
- Gallmann, Kuki
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- Hardcover
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- Used
- Publisher
- Penguin May 1991
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- I Dreamed of Africa Gallmann Kuki
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