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The daughter of a poet, Esme chooses her words carefully and is observant of all around her. Her knowledge of Italian and the rhythms of that language give the prose an added lyricism and an often-dreamlike quality that is enhanced by Penelope Ann Miller's reading. (Running time: 3 hours, 2 cassettes) --Anne Lockwood
At the center of it all is the young and beautiful Esme, a free spirit in search of love and a place to call home. She thinks she has found what she is looking for in Adam, a safari leader with an almost holy appreciation of the terrain. Then she meets Hunter, a spitfire journalist outraged by the poverty and violence in which most Africans live.
Combining the romanticism of Isak Dinesen with language reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway, Marciano juxtaposes the magnificent beauty of the Kenyan landscape with the human capacity for carelessness and brutality. Erotic, sensual, lush with detail and insight, Rules of the Wild evokes a land that demands catharsis and a heroine suddenly, achingly, alive.
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004874209
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Spine lightly bumped at the head, otherwise fine and unread. Seller Inventory # 007601
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 306 pages. Cover worn Italienske Esmé tager til Afrika, hvor hun bliver betaget af både naturen og en anden mand, så hendes af rikanske liv bliver en balanceren mellem civilisationen, naturen og to mænd. Seller Inventory # 1394t
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 306 pages. Cover worn Italienske Esmé tager til Afrika, hvor hun bliver betaget af både naturen og en anden mand, så hendes af rikanske liv bliver en balanceren mellem civilisationen, naturen og to mænd. Seller Inventory # 1399h
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine first ediiton in dustwrapper that has closed tears on three corners. Signed by the author to the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002015
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little creasting to top edge and is not price clipped. The Italian author's FIRST NOVEL and which is based on her experiences in Kenya, where she now lives. Set in contemporary Nairobi it tells of a white expatriate community who all know each other, meet at dinner parties, share the same doctors, eat at the same restaurants, sleep with each other and take the same drugs. It is a sharp dissection of white society and the moving story of a young woman, Esme, struggling to make sense of her place in Africa and her love for two men, one a Kenyan and the other a British journalist. *** NOT EX LIB *** D4E Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 002783