Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mindWhen Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia was published in 1977 it heralded the arrival of a startling new talent in British literature. All readers recognised its timeless quality - Auberon Waugh went as far as to call it `a classic'.
Chatwin's brilliantly unique record of his adventures in Patagonia and the fascinating people he meets along the way.
Beautifully written and full of wonderful deillegalscriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road.
VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
Elliptical and alive, this is a brilliant travel book Observer
Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield in 1940. After attending Marlborough School he began work as a porter at Sotheby's. Eight years later, having become one of Sotheby's youngest directors, he abandoned his job to pursue his passion for world travel. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the
Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six months.' This trip inspired the first of Chatwin's books,
In Patagonia, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M. Forster Award and launched his writing career. Two of his books have been made into feature films:
The Viceroy of Ouidah (retitled
Cobra Verde), directed by Werner Herzog, and Andrew Grieve's
On the Black Hill. On publication
The Songlines went straight to Number 1 in the
Sunday Times bestseller list and remained in the top ten for nine months.
On the Black Hill won the Whitbread First Novel Award while his novel
Utz was nominated for the 1988 Booker Prize. He died in January 1989, aged forty-eight.
Über den Autor
Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield in 1940. After attending Marlborough School he began work as a porter at Sotheby's. Eight years later, having become one of Sotheby's youngest directors, he abandoned his job to pursue his passion for world travel. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six months.' This trip inspired the first of Chatwin's books, In Patagonia, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M. Forster Award and launched his writing career. Two of his books have been made into feature films: The Viceroy of Ouidah (retitled Cobra Verde), directed by Werner Herzog, and Andrew Grieve's On the Black Hill. On publication The Songlines went straight to Number 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller list and remained in the top ten for nine months. On the Black Hill won the Whitbread First Novel Award while his novel Utz was nominated for the 1988 Booker Prize. He died in January 1989, aged forty-eight.
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Chatwin's brilliantly unique record of his adventures in Patagonia and the fascinating people he meets along the way.
Beautifully written and full of wonderful deillegalscriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road.
VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
