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Under the sun : the letters of Bruce Chatwin / selected and edited by Elizabeth Chatwin and Nicholas Shakespeare.

Author/creator Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989
Other author/creatorChatwin, Elizabeth.
Other author/creatorShakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Viking, 2011.
Description554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleCorrespondence. Selections
Contents Schooldays: 1948-58 -- Sotheby's: 1959-66 -- Edinburgh: 1966-8 -- The nomadic alternative: 1969-72 -- Sunday times: 1972-4 -- Gone to Patagonia: 1974-6 -- The viceroy of Ouidah: 1976-80 -- On the Black Hill: 1980-83 -- The songlines: 1983-5 -- China and India: 1985-6 -- Homer End: 1986-8 -- Oxford and France: 1988-9.
Abstract A definitive collection of personal correspondence by the late author offers insight into his life and perspectives and includes letters written to family members and friends including Patrick Leigh Fermor, Paul Theroux, and Susan Sontag.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteFirst published in Great Britain in 2010 by Jonathan Cape.
LCCN 2010033591
ISBN0670022462 (hbk.)
ISBN9780670022465 (hbk.)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR6053.H395 Z48 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold