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Product Details Binding Hardcover EAN 9780151530809 ISBN 0151530807 Manufacturer Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 264 Publication Date 1975-06 Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Availability Usually ships in 1-2 business days Product Description Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in LONGING FOR DARKNESS, written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante. Readers familiar with OUT OF AFRICA may recognize many of these enchanting stories--retold here from Kamante's perspective and enhanced with his drawings, letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Peter Beard throughout. This book tells of the friendship between Isak Dinesen and Kamante, who served as the writer's majordomo during her years in Kenya. Kamante's narratives, translated from Swahili by his sons, are interspersed with photographs by Beard ( Eyelids of the Morning ), an acquaintance of Dinesen's, as well as others from Dinesen's own collection. Although many of these tales will be familiar to readers of Out of Africa, in Kamante's sweetly naive voice, they take on a lovely fable-like quality; indeed, some of Kamante's animal fables are included. Quotes from Dinesen's work provide a sophisticated contrast to Kamante's unrefined prose. Of particular interest are the African's memories of his father who, in escaping the wrath of the chief of his tribe for a wrong committed by one of his sons, ended up 'by accidents' sic at Dinesen's farm, and of Chief Kinyanjui himself, the sire of so many offspring that 'you could see about sic hundred children calling one person daddy, for they knew their father.' Originally published here in 1975, the book also contains a number of Kamante's whimsical drawings and watercolors. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in LONGING FOR DARKNESS, written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante. Readers familiar with OUT OF AFRICA may recognize many of these enchanting stories--retold here from Kamante's perspective and enhanced with his drawings, letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Peter Beard throughout. Text: English, Swahili (translation) Peter Beard first visited Africa in 1955 when he began working n his expansive collection of articles and photographic essays. His books include Longing for Darkness a tribute to the life of Karen Blixen, The End of the Game , and Eyelids of Morning: The M Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen, 1885-1962) is the author of Out of Africa and other classic works of literature. Jacqueline Bouvier Onassis (1929-1996) discovered Longing for Darkness through her friend Peter Beard, and read the tales to her children. Customers who bought this item also bought Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa Peter Beard: Scrapbooks from Africa And Beyond The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise Peter Beard: Scrapbooks From Africa & Beyond Out of Africa (Modern Library) Customer Reviews for: Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa with original photographs (January 1914-July 1931) (Collected by Peter Beard) Rating - Nice pictures but ultimately boring I love the subject and the presentation of this book, but the text, which is written in Kamante's naive and simple English, lacks substance. There is no point to his quaint observations and this kind of narrative can only appeal to the real Dinesen and Out of Africa fanatics who have to collect her every account. It's the kind of book you read once, think it looks great on the coffee table, perhaps try to give it to your young niece, was unsuccessful, ... Read More Rating - The book as dream and fondest memory I had a hardback copy of a previous edition which somehow slipped through my grasp and for which I have been searching vainly for twenty years. The combination of cultural perspectives effortlessly and simulataneously presented in a correspondent range of visual and graphical styles, telling stories of quiet appreciation and respect enchanted me like no other book, and I am grateful at least for finding a paperback edition and a thread to keep my hopes ... Read More Rating - For all Karen Blixen lovers Peter Beard has lived near Karen Blixen's farm and collected her story from many of her friends and staff in Africa. In this beautiful book he assembles excellent original photographs of Karen Blixen and enhances them with photographs of his own from Africa. The commentary is by Kamante Gatura, Karen Blixen's cook. A fascinating book, especially because Kamante's version differs from that of some of Karen Blixen's biographers. The illustrations compliment ... Read More Rating - My most treasured possession - exquisite, magical! Peter Beard has shown us another dimension of Isak Dinesen's (Karen Blixen) life as told in "Out of Africa". This time however,those days are described by Kamante Gatura, who, as a young boy was employed by Ms Dinesen. Kamante's memories are translated & written down...the result is an enchanting, magical book; it is the only book I would risk everything for to retrieve from a burning building...it is my most treasured possession. See More Harcourt Brace Jovanovich products

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