Bruce Chatwin - Brossura

Shakespeare, Nicholas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385498306 ISBN 13: 9780385498302

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2001

Riassunto

Examines the life of the author of In Patagonia to consider the many contradictions that marked him, from his appointment as director at Sotheby's despite his lack of formal education to his passion for collecting things despite his non-materialistic views. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Intriguing and immensely readable.... Masterful biography.”–The Boston Globe

“Get[s] beneath the alluring but elusive quality of [Chatwin’s] persona and prose.”–Entertainment Weekly

“An unflinching look at a golden rascal...unstoppably readable.”–Time

L'autore:

NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE is the author of The Vision of Elena Silves, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award; The High Flyer, for which he was nominated one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 1993; and The Dancer Upstairs, chosen by the American Library Association as the Best Novel of 1997. He grew up in the Far East and South America, and now lives in London.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0385498306
• ISBN 13: 9780385498302
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 618