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Originally Posted by BenG
I liked Out of Africa but was amused that she hardly mentioned her husband (who gave her syphilis ). You would think she was alone on the coffee plantation.
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A worthwhile companion to
Out of Africa is Judith Thurman's biography of Dinesen. It's well-written and interesting on its own merits and it's fascinating to find out the real story behind the tales transmuted by art and ego as rendered by Dinesen.