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Nowhere in Africa - An Autobiographical Novel
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780299199647
ISBN: 0299199649
Label: University of Wisconsin Press
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: July 02, 2007
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Sales Rank: 637784
Studio: University of Wisconsin Press
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Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife, Jettel, and their five-year-old daughter, Regina, each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Regina immediately embraces the country—learning the local language and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm's cook. As the war rages on the other side of the world, the family's relationships with their strange environment become increasingly complicated, as Jettel grows more self-assured but Walter is haunted by the life in Germany they left behind.
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This is the story of Jewish refugees from Germany coping in a foreign and magical land during WWII. It is beautifully told though the eyes of the Redlich family: Walter, a former attorney, Jettel, his beautiful and emotional wife, Regina, the precocious, intelligent and receptive child, and Owuor, their African "houseboy" or cook. With the purple Ngong hills of Kenya, the famous Norfolk hotel and the pink-flamingo-covered Lake Nakuru in the background, this autobiographical account tells a unique ... Read More
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I anxiously awaited the release of this English translation after I saw the movie. In comparison, there are a few differences in the plot, but the story in both is moving. My primary reason for wanting to read the book was to understand the characteres better, to hear that inner voice that does not translate well on film. The book certainly provided this, though some times I found myself frustrated with the lengthy descriptions of secondary characters, such as the Professor and Diane. Still, the chapters ... Read More
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