- Voyages and travels, English literature, New York Times reviewed, Chatwin, bruce, 1940-1989
Although he is best known for his luminous reports from the farthest-flung corners of the earth, Bruce Chatwin possessed a literary sensibility that reached beyond the travel narrative to span a world of topics—from art and antiques to archaeology and architecture.
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- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Bruce Chatwin
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 205
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, MacMillan, Carl Hanser Verlag
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, French, German, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780670868599
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“Bruce is a dog's name in England (not so in Australia) and was also the surname of our Scottish cousins.”
Charles Bruce Chatwin (13 May 1940 – 18 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, *In Patagonia* (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel *On the Black Hill* (1982), while his novel *Utz* (1988) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2008 The Times ranked Chatwin as number 46 on their list of "50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945". (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Chatwin))
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