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"Bruce Chatwin burst onto the literary landscape in 1977 with In Patagonia, which quickly became one of the most influential travel books of the twentieth century. The books that followed - The Viceroy of Ouidah, On the Black Hill, The Songlines, and Utz - confirmed his status as a major writer able to reinvent himself constantly. And the life he led successfully established him as one of the most charismatic and elusive literary figures of our time.". "Beautiful to behold, charming, intelligent, a writer of exquisite prose, Chatwin was welcome in every society - from the most glamorous…
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4 editions- Other · English · 2001Anchor · 672 pages · 9780385498302
- Other · English · 2000Random House of Canada, Limited · 604 pages · 9780099289975
- Other · English · 2000Nan A. Talese · 618 pages · 9780385498296
- Other · English · 1999Harvill in association with Jonathan Cape · 591 pages · 9781860465444
Travelers in literatureBiographyTravelers20th centuryHistory and criticismCriticism and interpretationEnglish AuthorsGreat Britain
