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"In a short biography, Karen Blixen, writing under the pen name Isak Dinesen, provides supplementary information about her farm in Kenya. Dinesen offers some vignettes and stories which do not appear in her other biographical writings. For example, Dinesen writes more fully about her staff on the African farm, and especially her relationship with Farah, who becomes a friend as well as an employee. Dinesen recounts the shooting of a lion and her presentation of the lion skin to the King of Denmark. Most interestingly, Denisen recounts the ways in which she remained tied to Africa long after she returned to Europe. The Second World War severs her contact with Africa, and Dinesen finds that after the war she must struggle to re-establish her connection with the continent and with those she left behind there."
A. Antonow, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- farmer/fisherman
Gender/Class story?
- immigrant story
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Kind of living:
- pioneering in countryside
If this is a culture clash:
- visiting a different culture
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
ethnic of society (outside)
- Black African
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Big/small town?
- small town
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Black Africa
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- decency
- selfishness
- capitalism
- war
- wicked white people
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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