Rumi’s verses have been a balm for readers’ souls for over eight centuries

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Det er på en gang sprogkritisk og sanseligt suggestivt

this is an intimate memoir set amid powerful forces

Out of Africa Rumi’s verses have been aFrom the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs. Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman, and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.