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Books : The Mottled LizardIn association with Amazon.comby: Elspeth Huxley  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 967.6203 EAN: 9780140059588 ISBN: 014005958X Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: March 25, 1982 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Sales Rank: 183262 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This sequel to THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA continues the story of Elspeth Huxley's childhood in Kenya. British settlers, called to serve in WW I, return to their neglected farms and ranches. For Tilly and Robin it is back to the struggle. For their daughter, now 11, it is back to the ponies, lessons at home, wild pets (this time a cheetah named Rupert), and hunting trips with Njombo, the Kikuyu headman. But more is happening. The child narrator is growing into a woman. We lose the wide-eyed child narrator of Thika, but gain in her place a thoughtful and prescient observer of the rapidly changing continent. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Nostalgic reminiscences of a fascinating continentHaving lived in Africa for over 23 years, and also being an avid reader, I fell in love with Elspeth Huxley's books which I read while staying at our rented house while on our last home leave. She obviously loved Africa and her style of prose is so descriptive of this fascinating continent. I want my children, who were all born in Africa, to read these books, not only to remember the land of their birth, but also for the rich writing style that I find lacking in many modern books. Rating: - delicious writing of post WWI Africa lifemany people have enjoyed Huxley's first autobiographical stories of her childhood in colonial Africa, `the flame trees of thika', but few seem familiar with this luscious sequel. it seamlessly follows the first book, and like it features almost no plot or character development. instead (also like dineson's `out of Africa') it merely relates a series of loosely connected moments of colonial life in Africa. as a simplistic, action-oriented guy, i do not usually enjoy lyrical and descriptive-focused ... Read More Rating: - Fluid poetryThis book was fantastic! Incredible! Inspiring, enchanting, lyrical, phenominal -- I don't know what else to say! Set in Africa, this novel continues the story that began with Flame Trees of Thika. Luscious, vivid and real, the setting is described in delicious detail. I felt as though I was in Africa. The characters are flawless proof of the author's talent. Tilly and Robin, the main character's parents, are engaging, funny, clever people with a stream of schemes to strike it rich. Interestingly enough, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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