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Green Hills of Africa

by Ernest Hemingway

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ISBN13: 9780684801292
ISBN10: 0684801299
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His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December of 1933. Hemingway's well-known interest in — and fascination with — big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. In examining the poetic grace of the chase, and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway also looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that comes alive on the plains of Africa. Yet Green Hills of Africa is also an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape, and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man.

Hemingway's rich description of the beauty and strangeness of the land and his passion for the sport of hunting combine to give Green Hills of Africa the freshness and immediacy of a deeply felt personal experience that is the hallmark of the greatest travel writing.

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Hemingway's first venture into nonfiction, Green Hills of Africa chronicles his adventures on safari in the early 1930s and brings to life the beauty of the wilderness that was, even then, threatened by the incursion of man. Woodcuts, scattered throughout the book, add another dimension to this view of the hard-edged, rugged world of wild Africa.

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megcampbell3, November 2, 2007 (view all comments by megcampbell3)
In "Green Hills of Africa", it seems that Hemingway perfectly captures the energies of a safari—the thrill of waiting and tracking, the blood-rush at the spotting of the prey, triggers pulled; clean shots, bad shots, long horns, short horns: it's all there in the story. The rhythm in this book is not always typical Hemingway. Long, running paragraphs are punctuated by the dialog he is known for writing. "Green Hills of Africa" is as much about being a writer and inhabiting the world as it is about hunting. A thoroughly enjoyable read.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684801292
Author:
Hemingway, Ernest
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
American
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Hunting
Subject:
Biographical fiction
Subject:
Hunting -- Kenya.
Subject:
General Literary Criticism & Collections
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Touchstone ed.
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
2972
Publication Date:
February 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
8.58x5.56x.77 in. .65 lbs.
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