For For readers who enjoyed the Lambaréné books and want short episodes from the hospital; not a book for his thought.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
1 of 5marginal
Difficulty
1 of 5light
Short anecdotes from life around the Lambaréné hospital. Light reading for those who know the earlier Africa books.
How it proceeds
Philosophic0 of 5
Scriptural0 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A collection of short sketches of life around the hospital at Lambaréné, published by Felix Meiner in Leipzig in 1938 and in English the same year as From My African Notebook, translated by Mrs C. E. B. Russell. The pieces are brief anecdotes of patients, workers and events on the Ogowe river.
