(Ebook) In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin ISBN 9780099769514, 0099769514, B009GJ0XVM

(Ebook) In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin ISBN 9780099769514, 0099769514, B009GJ0XVM

Bruce Chatwin’s brilliantly unique record of his adventures in Patagonia and the fascinating people he meets along the way."It is hard to pin down what makes In Patagonia so unique, but, in the end, it is Chatwin’s brilliant personality that makes it what it is… His form of travel was not about getting from A to B. It was about internal landscapes."  -  Sunday TimesIn Patagonia is Chatwin's exquisite account of his journey through "the uttermost part of the earth," that stretch of land at the southern tip of South America, where bandits were once made welcome and Charles Darwin formed part of his "survival of the fittest" theory. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, Chatwin's evocative descriptions, notes on the odd history of the region, and enchanting anecdotes make In Patagonia an exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land. An instant classic upon publication in 1977, In Patagonia remains a masterwork of literature."The chameleon traveller… who wrote books in a genre of their own, and whose life was his own subtlest creation… a complex, flamboyantly gifted and rather tragic figure."  -  Colin Thubron, The GuardianBruce Chatwin Between 1972 and 1975 Chatwin worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six months.' This trip inspired the first of Chatwin's books, In Patagonia, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M. Forster Award and launched his writing career. On publication, The Songlines went straight to Number 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller list and remained in the top ten for nine months. On The Black Hill won the Whitbread First Novel Award while his novel Utz was nominated for the 1988 Booker Prize.