African Nights - Tapa blanda

Kuki Gallmann, whose haunting bestseller I Dreamed of Africa so perfectly the beauty and drama of the Kenyan Highlands, and who so generously bared her heart to its readers, here evokes through a tapestry of interwoven true episodes the magic that touches all African life.

The adventure of a moonlit picnic on a vanishing island; her son's entrancement with chameleons and the mystical visit of a king cobra to his grave; the mysterious compassion of an elephant herd -in each event, Kuki Gallmann conveys her delight and wonder at the whole fabric of creation.

She recounts touching moments with people passing through, and enduring friendships constantly renewed; strange and wonderful encounters with animals; the magnificence of the coast and mountains, forest and Savannah. and reveals, in addition to the harmony between man and his environment, the intrinsic beauty of Africa's soul.

'How is it that women write so stunningly about Kenya...the chapters are like brief and memorable pieces of music - haunting, exact' - Ronald Blythe in Country Life