Two wildly different cultures collide in this internationally
bestselling story of a successful Swiss businesswoman who falls for
a Masai warrior.Hofmann begins with details of a vacation trip to
Kenya with her then-boyfriend. Three days after they arrived, she
spotted Lketinga: "A tall, dark brown beautiful man . . . more
beautiful than anyone I've ever seen." Back in Switzerland, Hofmann
dispensed with her boyfriend, sold her clothing store and traveled
back to Africa to take up a passionate relationship with Lketinga.
Her prose is snappy and pointed; sentences are kept brief
throughout, chapters often ending after just two or three pages.
Although this clipped style can occasionally be distracting,
Hofmann's description of life in the bush with Lketinga is
fascinating. The conditions in which she lived were completely
alien to her, sometimes potentially life-threatening; the narrative
unravels at breakneck speed in a series of visceral, pulse-racing
adventures. The lovers married and struggled constantly in their
attempts to understand each other. They ultimately had a child, but
that seemed to drive an even greater cultural wedge between them.
Hofmann shapes this linear story like a fiction narrative, complete
with a "plot" containing generous lashings of romance and drama. (A
German-language film adaptation premiered at the Toronto Film
Festival last year.) In the end, it comes off as a cross between a
wildly imagined novel and a confessional diary.Unusual and highly
addictive entertainment, although more cynical readers may wonder
whether the author exaggerated certain events for dramatic effect.
(Kirkus Reviews)
Whilst on holiday in Kenya, Corinne Hoffman fell in love with a
Masai warrior. Eventually she moved into a tiny shack with him and
his mother and spent four years in Kenya. However, slowly but
surely, the dream began to crumble. She eventually fled back home
with her baby daughter. From wild animals through starvation to
ritual mutilation, this is a book steeped in humanity and one that
tells a fascinating tale. At once a hopelessly romantic love story
and a gripping adventure yarn, The White Masai is a compulsive
read.
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