I Dreamed of Africa (book)

I Dreamed of Africa is a memoir by Italian writer Kuki Gallmann. The book focuses on Gallmann's lifelong affair with Africa, from her childhood's fascination for the continent (whence the title) to her decision to relocate in Kenya, in 1972, to run a farm in the Laikipia plain with her husband and son. Gallmann wrote the book in 1991, twenty years after moving to Kenya, and she chose to write it in english as this was by then her adoptive language.[1] The book is often compared to Karen Blixen's Out of Africa, as the subject has several traits in common, and the setting is, in both cases, the savannahs of Kenya, in the Great Rift Valley area.[2] The 2000 movie of the same title, starring Kim Basinger and directed by Hugh Hudson, is based on the book.

Notes

  1. ↑ K. Gallman, preface to Sognavo l'Africa (italian edition of I dreamed of Africa)
  2. ↑ I Dreamed of Africa data and reviews at Amazon.com (notice that "Isak Dinesen" is the pen name of K. Blixen).


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