The White Masai - 4th Edition by Corinne Hofmann (Paperback)

About the Book

This translation originally published: London: Bliss, 2005.

From the Back Cover

The runaway international bestseller is now an American must-read for lovers of adventure, travel writing, and romance. Corinne Hofmann tells how she falls in love with an African warrior while on holiday in Kenya. After overcoming severe obstacles, she moves into a tiny hut with him and his mother, and spends four years in his Kenyan village. Slowly but surely, the dream starts to crumble, and she hatches a plan to return home with her daughter, a baby born of the seemingly indestructible love between a white European woman and a Masai. Compulsively readable, The White Masai is at once a hopelessly romantic love story, a gripping adventure yarn, and a fine piece of meticulously observed social anthropology.

Review Quotes

"This extraordinary story. . . is a page-turner. - Daily Mail (London)
"Gripping. . . A brilliant observer. . . Hoffman is a talented writer, describing in unflinching detail the consequences of a passion that combine elements of a holiday romance with troubling fantasies about the noble savage." - The Independent (London)
"Hoffmann. . .infuses her account with an affecting richness. . . .Seekers of romance and adventure will be amply rewarded." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Remarkable." - Washington Post Book World
"It's a truly riveting read, better than any reality TV show" -Maris Ross - Publishing News
"An extraordinary and unputdownable tale." - Bookseller
"Just try to put this one down." - People