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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26474.Out_of_Africa_and_Shadows_on_the_Grass?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167810664m/26474.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26474.Out_of_Africa_and_Shadows_on_the_Grass?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8147.Isak_Dinesen">Isak Dinesen</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7714084?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>A guilty pleasure in a way...reading about colonial Kenya and Blixen's judgments of the character of the "Natives." I recently visited the Karen Blixen house outside Nairobi--a hardwood jewel of a house, much smaller than one would expect-- and felt I had to read about the property's history. I thought I HAD read it, but it turns out I've only seen the movie. <br/> <br/>I got bored and gave up on this one... <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/544027?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>