Under the sun : the letters of Bruce Chatwin by Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989, Chatwin, Elizabeth; Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957- instant download

Under the sun : the letters of Bruce Chatwin by Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989, Chatwin, Elizabeth; Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957- instant download

554 pages : 25 cm, Written with the verve and sharpness of expression that first marked him out as a writer, Chatwin's letters gives a vivid synopsis of his changing interests and concerns throughout his life. Careful and considered in drafting his published work, the letters are Chatwin's only unedited writing, and a paean to a disappearing mode of communication: tangible proof of a life as it was lived, and possibly one of the last great collections of a writer's letters, Includes index, Preface / Elizabeth Chatwin -- Introduction / Nicholas Shakespeare -- 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, Includes bibliographical references and index