Bruce Chatwin's death in 1989 brought a meteoric career to an abrupt end, since he burst onto the literary scene in 1977 with his first book, In Patagonia.
Chatwin himself was different things to different people: a journalist, a photographer, an art collector, a restless traveller and a bestselling author; he was also a married man, an active homosexual, a socialite who loved to mix with the rich and famous, and a single-minded loner who explored the limits of extreme solitude.
From unrestricted access to Chatwin's private notebooks, diaries and letters, Nicholas Shakespeare has compiled the definitive biography of one of the most charismatic and elusive literary figures of our time.
'A magnificent work of empathy and detection'
Colin Thubron, Sunday Times
'Utterly compelling'
Philip Marsden, Mail on Sunday
'A fascinating account of the man behind the myth'
Ian Thomson, Guardian
| ISBN: | 9780099289975 |
| Publication date: | 6th April 2000 |
| Author: | Nicholas Shakespeare |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 593 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Diaries, letters and journals |
Bruce Chatwin's death in 1989 brought a meteoric career to an abrupt end, since he burst onto the literary scene in 1977 with his first book, In Patagonia.
Chatwin himself was different things to different people: a journalist, a photographer, an art collector, a restless traveller and a bestselling author; he was also a married man, an active homosexual, a socialite who loved to mix with the rich and famous, and a single-minded loner who explored the limits of extreme solitude.
From unrestricted access to Chatwin's private notebooks, diaries and letters, Nicholas Shakespeare has compiled the definitive biography of one of the most charismatic and elusive literary figures of our time.
'A magnificent work of empathy and detection'
Colin Thubron, Sunday Times
'Utterly compelling'
Philip Marsden, Mail on Sunday
'A fascinating account of the man behind the myth'
Ian Thomson, Guardian
Bruce Chatwin features in the following genres: Biography: writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Diaries, letters and journals
Bruce Chatwin is available in Paperback
Bruce Chatwin was written by Nicholas Shakespeare and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Bruce Chatwin has 593 pages
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