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| Verlag | Little |
| Auflage | 2015 |
| Seiten | 320 |
| Format | 12,7 x 20 x 2 cm |
| Gewicht | 260 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Virago Modern Classics 269 |
| ISBN-10 | 0860685411 |
| EAN | 9780860685418 |
| Bestell-Nr | 86068541EA |
ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us . . . I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book'
introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN
Klappentext:
WEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on first publication in 1942. It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham -- aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and 30s.
Markham was taken to Kenya at the age of four. As an adult she was befriended by Denys Finch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who took her flying in his airplane. Thrilled by the experience, Markham went on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's license.
In 1936 she determined to fly solo across the Atlantic -- without stopping. When Charles Lindbergh did the same, he had the wind behind him. Markham, by contrast, had a strong headwind against her and a plane that only flew up to 163 mph. On 4 September, she took off ... Several days later, she crash-landed in Nova Scotia and became an instant celebrity.
Rezension:
A beautiful and evocative story that deserves to be ranked alongside Karen Blixen's OUT OF AFRICA Time Out