Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Shakespeare
A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner.
Of my contemporaries he had the most erudite and possibly the most brilliant mind -- Salman Rushdie
An epic piece of work of immense satisfaction.. Awe-inspiring * The Times *
Comprehensively researched, elegantly written, perfectly balanced between the life, the books and the ideas * Independent on Sunday *
Quite simply, one of the most beautifully written, painstakingly researched and cleverly constructed biographies of this decade... Original, intelligent and observant * Literary Review *
A fascinating account of the man behind the myth * Guardian *
An epic piece of work of immense satisfaction.. Awe-inspiring * The Times *
Comprehensively researched, elegantly written, perfectly balanced between the life, the books and the ideas * Independent on Sunday *
Quite simply, one of the most beautifully written, painstakingly researched and cleverly constructed biographies of this decade... Original, intelligent and observant * Literary Review *
A fascinating account of the man behind the myth * Guardian *
Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His novels have been translated into twenty languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, Snowleg, and The Dancer Upstairs, which was chosen by the American Libraries Association in 1997 as the year's best novel, and in 2001 was made into a film of the same name by John Malkovich. His most recent novel is Inheritance. He is married with two small boys and currently lives in Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099289975 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099289970 |
| Title | Bruce Chatwin |
| Author | Nicholas Shakespeare |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2000-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 1999, Short-listed for Whitbread Prize (Biography) 1999 |
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