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Bruce Chatwin

In Patagonia

In Patagonia


by Bruce Chatwin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure, this award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin. (PAT01, $15.00)

On the Black Hill

On the Black Hill


by Bruce Chatwin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Chatwin's tale of identical twin brothers who toil on the family farm in the wild and vibrant land of Wales and experience the oddities, wonders, and tragedies of human experience. (GBR131, $16.00)

The Songlines

The Songlines


by Bruce Chatwin

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Rory Stewart provides the introduction to this 25th anniversary edition of Bruce Chatwin's celebrated travelogue, which is as much about its gifted author -- and the meaning of travel -- as about the Aboriginal people and their ways of life. Chatwin transforms a journey through the Outback into an exhilarating, semi-fictional meditation on our place in the world. (AUS01, $16.00)

Under the Sun, The Letters of Bruce Chatwin

Under the Sun, The Letters of Bruce Chatwin


by Nicholas Shakespeare

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

Neatly puncturing many of his legendary stories, Chatwin's widow Elizabeth provides running footnotes to the letters in hefty collection. (GBR974, $20.00)

Utz

Utz


by Bruce Chatwin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 154 PAGES

That gallivanting Bruce Chatwin introduces us to Kaspar Utz, an obsessive collector of Meissen porcelain, in this short novel memorably set in Prague under the Iron Curtain. (CZH31, $15.00)

Viceroy of Ouidah

Viceroy of Ouidah


by Bruce Chatwin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Chatwin evokes in rich detail the rise to power of a wretched slave trader and the 19th-century court of Dahomey (Benin) in this slim novel. (WAF18, $13.00)

What Am I Doing Here?

What Am I Doing Here?


by Bruce Chatwin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 366 PAGES

A delightful collection of essays by one of our favorite travel writers, capturing the allure of the land and its wildlife and history. Includes a great chapter on his visit to Chiloe Island. (PAT02, $17.00)

 

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