Una donna bianca, Corinne - una giovane del tutto "integrata" nella società - decide di trascorrere tre settimane di vacanza nel Kenya. Ma l'incontro con Lketinga, un guerriero masai, cambierà la sua vita per sempre.
Corinne Hofmann Libri
4 giugno 1960
Questa autrice esplora profonde relazioni umane e incontri culturali con notevole sensibilità e autenticità. Le sue opere spesso approfondiscono viaggi di scoperta personale e la ricerca dell'identità in contesti sconosciuti. Attraverso il suo sguardo acuto sulla psicologia dei personaggi e la sua abilità nel catturare l'atmosfera di un luogo, le sue narrazioni risuonano con i lettori a livello emotivo. Scrive con una franchezza ed empatia sorprendenti che portano il lettore nel cuore delle esperienze che ritrae.
In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, author of the global bestseller The White Masai, delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places. Joined by her half-Kenyan daughter, Napirai, and traveling Kenya together for the first time, they discover Napirai's roots and finally meet her father and half-siblings. Hofmann then treks 500 miles across the Namibian desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba people. "Narrated with genuine affection for all things African."--Kirkus Reviews, May 15, 2014
Reunion in Barsaloi
- 164pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter, Corinne returned in the summer of 2004 to meet Lketinga and his family again in their village, Barsaloi. Nervous as she was, and uncertain as to how he would react on seeing her again, she found to her relief that she was welcomed unreservedly by all those who remembered her - by Lketinga, who still thought of her as his 'wife number one', by his brother, James, now a schoolteacher and especially by Lketinga's mother, who had looked after Corinne with such care all those years before. Corinne Hofmann revisits an area of a country which she cares about passionately, describing in her immensely readable style the changes she saw after her time away, and once again bringing to life the atmosphere and characters in the Masai village.
Back from Africa
- 180pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
After the phenomenal success of The White Masai and Reunion In Barsaloi, Bliss Books is delighted to publish their equally astonishing.
Příběh bílé Masajky
- 680pagine
- 24 ore di lettura
Tři knihy v jednom - Bílá Masajka, Zpátky v Africe a Shledání v Barsaloi. Na první pohled se mladá Corinne hluboce zamiluje do urostlého masajského náčelníka, opustí kvůli němu dosavadní způsob života v civilizované společnosti a bezhlavě se vrhá do pro ni neznámé keňské buše. V neuvěřitelně primitivních podmínkách si prožije ráj i peklo na zemi a sen o velké lásce se posléze změní v zápas o holé přežití. Nekončící dobrodružství přivede mladou ženu na pokraj duševních i fyzických sil a ocitá se zcela bez prostředků. Svůj boj však nakonec s dcerkou Napirai přece jen vyhrává. Po čtyřech strastiplných letech se s podlomených zdravím vrací s dcerou do rodného Švýcarska a snaží se začít znovu. Na svou africkou rodinu však přesto nikdy nezapomene a po čase ji na dálku dál finančně podporuje. Do Keni se opět podívá až po 14 letech, u příležitosti natáčení filmu Bílá Masajka.
Już prawie czternaście lat upłynęło od czasu, gdy z moją córeczką Napirai, wtedy półtoraroczną, uciekłam z Nairobi. I oto siedzę znowu w samolocie do Kenii. W głowie wiruje od pełnych lęku pytań. Jak wygląda mój dawny dom? Jak zareaguje Lketinga, mój były mąż i wojownik Samburu? A mama? Czy ucieszy ich moja wizyta?
