In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbors--lions, rhinos, elephants, zebras, buffaloes--and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful.

The Random House colophon made its debut in February 1927 on the cover of a little pamphlet called "Announcement Number One." Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, the company's founders, had acquired the Modern Library from publishers Boni and Liveright two years earlier. One day, their friend the illustrator Rockwell Kent stopped by their office. Cerf later recalled, "Rockwell was sitting at my desk facing Donald, and we were talking about doing a few books on the side, when suddenly I got an inspiration and said, 'I've got the name for our publishing house. We just said we were go-ing to publish a few books on the side at random. Let's call it Random House.' Donald liked the idea, and Rockwell Kent said, 'That's a great name. I'll draw your trademark.' So, sitting at my desk, he took a piece of paper and in five minutes drew Random House, which has been our colophon ever since." Throughout the years, the mission of Random House has remained consistent: to publish books of the highest quality, at random. We are proud to continue this tradition today.

This edition is set from the first American edition of 1937 and commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of Random House.

作者

凯伦·布里克森（1885.4.17-1962.9.7）

丹麦作家,她在三十余年的写作生涯中,先后用英文、丹麦文发表《七篇哥特式的故事》《走出非洲》《冬日的故事》等作品。《走出非洲》为她赢得巨大声誉,她获得过两次诺贝尔文学奖提名,与安徒生并称为丹麦“文学国宝”。《走出非洲》同名电影斩获七项奥斯卡大奖。

【译者】

王旭

1983年生,河南南阳人。毕业于四川大学外国语学院,获文学硕士学位。已出版《与自己对话》《与爱因斯坦月球漫步》《哈佛最受欢迎的营销课》等多部译著。