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A mesmerizing novel of love and nostalgia unfolds in contemporary East Africa, offering a sharp-eyed portrait of expatriates in Kenya. Romantic and often ironically resonant, it immerses readers in a landscape of stunning beauty while exploring themes of race, class, and a longing for home. The narrative introduces a diverse cast, including "safari boys," well-meaning samaritans, and fame-seeking reporters, all interconnected through dinner parties, romantic entanglements, and political debates, navigating their existence in a land where they feel out of place. Central to the story is Esmé, a beautiful young woman marked by her own ironies and introspections, who shares her journey with a voice that is both passionate and self-deprecating. Amidst the paradox of physical freedom and civil unrest, Esmé grapples with her identity in Africa and her feelings for two men: Adam, a second-generation Kenyan who reveals the wonders of her adopted land, and Hunter, a British journalist disillusioned by its harsh realities. This debut novel evokes the literary worlds of Isak Dinesen, Beryl Markham, and Ernest Hemingway, exploring our infinite desire for love and a place to call home.
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Rules of the Wild, Francesca Marciano
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1998
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- Titel
- Rules of the Wild
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Francesca Marciano
- Verlag
- Pantheon Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1998
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 306
- ISBN10
- 022405256X
- ISBN13
- 9780224052566
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Romantik, Reisen, Gegenwartsliteratur, Zeitgenössische Liebesromane, Afrika, Kenia
- Originaltitel
- Rules of the wild
- Bewertung
- 3,6 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- A mesmerizing novel of love and nostalgia unfolds in contemporary East Africa, offering a sharp-eyed portrait of expatriates in Kenya. Romantic and often ironically resonant, it immerses readers in a landscape of stunning beauty while exploring themes of race, class, and a longing for home. The narrative introduces a diverse cast, including "safari boys," well-meaning samaritans, and fame-seeking reporters, all interconnected through dinner parties, romantic entanglements, and political debates, navigating their existence in a land where they feel out of place. Central to the story is Esmé, a beautiful young woman marked by her own ironies and introspections, who shares her journey with a voice that is both passionate and self-deprecating. Amidst the paradox of physical freedom and civil unrest, Esmé grapples with her identity in Africa and her feelings for two men: Adam, a second-generation Kenyan who reveals the wonders of her adopted land, and Hunter, a British journalist disillusioned by its harsh realities. This debut novel evokes the literary worlds of Isak Dinesen, Beryl Markham, and Ernest Hemingway, exploring our infinite desire for love and a place to call home.