Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen
Posted: 02 Sep 2017, 17:34
The author Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen was a member of the Danish aristocracy who in 1913 moved to modern-day Kenya with her husband to start a coffee plantation, the book is a collection of short stories that she wrote about her time there. If you're into history I'd recommend it because it's a look into what I feel like is a very rare window in time and that the author had a very rare historical perspective, especially because she is someone who respected the natives there and learned a lot about them and from them.
The film version is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time and I ended up loving the book. The whole reason why the film is go great is because it tells the stories from the book so beautifully and so movingly and I wasn't expecting the book to be the same way; I figured the book would probably tell it all in a more cursory fashion and that Hollywood was responsible for turning it into such a poignant epic, but it actually is written that way. Whoever the writers on the film were and the cinematographers and the director, they did a really good job of capturing the essence of the book.
There's only been a few times where I have been struck by the artistry of an author's writing style and this was one of them, Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen really knows how to tell a story.
I should warn you that it's also probably the saddest book I've ever read, but I think the story is worth it.
The film version is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time and I ended up loving the book. The whole reason why the film is go great is because it tells the stories from the book so beautifully and so movingly and I wasn't expecting the book to be the same way; I figured the book would probably tell it all in a more cursory fashion and that Hollywood was responsible for turning it into such a poignant epic, but it actually is written that way. Whoever the writers on the film were and the cinematographers and the director, they did a really good job of capturing the essence of the book.
There's only been a few times where I have been struck by the artistry of an author's writing style and this was one of them, Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen really knows how to tell a story.
I should warn you that it's also probably the saddest book I've ever read, but I think the story is worth it.