The White Masai Contributor(s): Hofmann, Corinne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061131539 ISBN-13: 9780061131530 Publisher: Amistad Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: The runaway international bestseller is now an American must-read for lovers of adventure, travel writing, and romance. Corinne Hofmann tells how she falls in love with an African warrior while on holiday in Kenya. After overcoming severe obstacles, she moves into a tiny hut with him and his mother, and spends four years in his Kenyan village. Slowly but surely, the dream starts to crumble, and she hatches a plan to return home with her daughter, a baby born of the seemingly indestructible love between a white European woman and a Masai. Compulsively readable, "The White Masai" is at once a hopelessly romantic love story, a gripping adventure yarn, and a fine piece of meticulously observed social anthropology. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Travel | Africa - East - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.34" W x 8.04" (0.57 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - East Africa - Topical - Family |
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Publisher Description: The runaway international bestseller is now an American must-read for lovers of adventure, travel writing, and romance. Corinne Hofmann tells how she falls in love with an African warrior while on holiday in Kenya. After overcoming severe obstacles, she moves into a tiny hut with him and his mother, and spends four years in his Kenyan village. Slowly but surely, the dream starts to crumble, and she hatches a plan to return home with her daughter, a baby born of the seemingly indestructible love between a white European woman and a Masai. Compulsively readable, The White Masai is at once a hopelessly romantic love story, a gripping adventure yarn, and a fine piece of meticulously observed social anthropology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hofmann, Corinne: - Corinne Hofmann has written three books based on her life story, including two sequels to The White Masai--Back from Africa, which is a bestseller in Germany, and Reunion in Barsaloi, which was released in 2005. She lives with her teenage daughter in Switzerland. |