Under The Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin

Under The Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin

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Author: Bruce Chatwin

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 560


I am most certainly in the mood for writing letters Bruce Chatwin is one of the most significant British novelists and travel writers of our time. His books have become modern-day classics which defy categorisation, assimilating elements of fiction, essay, reportage, history and gossip, inspired by and reflecting his incredible journeys. Tragically, Chatwin s compelling narrative voice was cut off just as he found it. One month before his death he lamented, There are so many things I want to do. Bruce had just begun said his friend, Salman Rushdie, we saw only the first act . While we shall never know the surprise of his unwritten works, Chatwin left behind a body of writing that is striking for its freshness; an authentic conduit which allows us to return to him and to be rewarded- a wealth of letters and postcards that he wrote, from his first week at school until shortly before his death at the age of forty-eight. hether typed on Sotheby s notepaper or hastily scribbled, Chatwin s correspondence reveals more about himself than he was prepared to expose in his books; his health and finances, his literary ambitions and tastes, his uneasiness about his sexual orientatio


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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Bruce Chatwin

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 560


I am most certainly in the mood for writing letters Bruce Chatwin is one of the most significant British novelists and travel writers of our time. His books have become modern-day classics which defy categorisation, assimilating elements of fiction, essay, reportage, history and gossip, inspired by and reflecting his incredible journeys. Tragically, Chatwin s compelling narrative voice was cut off just as he found it. One month before his death he lamented, There are so many things I want to do. Bruce had just begun said his friend, Salman Rushdie, we saw only the first act . While we shall never know the surprise of his unwritten works, Chatwin left behind a body of writing that is striking for its freshness; an authentic conduit which allows us to return to him and to be rewarded- a wealth of letters and postcards that he wrote, from his first week at school until shortly before his death at the age of forty-eight. hether typed on Sotheby s notepaper or hastily scribbled, Chatwin s correspondence reveals more about himself than he was prepared to expose in his books; his health and finances, his literary ambitions and tastes, his uneasiness about his sexual orientatio