Bruce Chatwin
The Definitive Life of One of the Most Extraordinary Writers of the 20th Century
Written by: Nicholas Shakespeare
Category: Non Fiction
Genre: Biography, Literary
Book Details:
ISBN 10: 0099289970
ISBN 13: 9780099289975
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2000
Language: English
Edition: 1
Condition: Very Good
Appearance: Unread with a few scuff marks around the edges. Otherwise in as new condition.
Synopsis:
Bruce Chatwin's death from AIDS in 1989 brought a meteoric career to an abrupt end. His reputation as a storyteller has grown over the last decade, and his exquisite, subtle texts continue to inspire readers all over the world.'Of my contemporaries he had the most erudite and possibly the most brilliant mind I ever came across, 'says Salman Rushdie. The books that followed his first success with IN PATAGONIA confirmed his statue as a major writer able to reinvent himself constantly.Bruce Chatwin was different things to different people- a director at Sotheby's, an archeaologist, a journalist, photographer and art-collector. Married for 23 years, he was also an active homosexual. He was at once a socialite, mixing with the rich and famous, and a loner who explored the limits of extreme solitude.In 1991, Nicholas Shakespeare was given unrestricted access to Chatwin's private notebooks, diaries and letters. Across five continents he gathered evidence from Chatwin's friends, family, hosts, enemies and lovers. Looking for Chatwin behind the masks, he has written the definitive biography of one of the mossot charistmatic and elusive literary figures of our time.
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