Please refrain from purchasing this used book if you are concerned about even minor imperfections. Shobunsha Price: 2300 yen + tax *We will not conduct transactions with individuals who have negative feedback in their ratings. Purchases made by such individuals will be cancelled. Thank you for your understanding. From 1914 to 1931, the author, Dinesen, lived in Africa. It was at the foot of a hill just 100 miles from the equator, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The sun seemed to rise close during the day, and the mornings and evenings were cool, while the nights were cold. It was a distilled land, devoid of oiliness or spaciousness, a land where everything was parched and dry. The Africa that Dinesen's writing portrays is the very essence of her rich sensibility. It is as transparent and grand as the air of the African highlands. The stories of Africa she tells are vividly brought to life in images. Until I read the "Afterword," I never imagined that it was a book published in 1937; it is such a fresh image. Just as someone who loves animals by nature grows up in an environment without animals and later comes into contact with them, or as someone who instinctively loves trees and forests enters a forest for the first time at the age of 20, Dinesen says that she met the Africans and immediately loved them.