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What am I Doing Here? (Vintage Classics)
by: Bruce Chatwin
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4092 EAN: 9780099769811 Edition: New Ed ISBN: 0099769816 Label: Vintage Languages: Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: November 28, 1998 Publisher: Vintage Studio: Vintage Features:
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List Price: £8.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £6.99 You Save: £2.00 (22%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £0.40 Third Party New Price: £3.70 |
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Product Description:
Presenting a collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, the author takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Gandhi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is the Road.
Amazon.co.uk Review:
This is the last of Bruce Chatwin's works to be published while he was still alive (he penned the introduction in 1988, a few months before he died). It's a collection of Chatwin gems--profiles, essays, and travel stories that span the world, from trekking in Nepal and sailing down the Volga to working on a film with Werner Herzog in Ghana and travelling with Indira Gandhi in India. Chatwin excels, as usual, in the finely honed tale.
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- Fascinating combination of travel experiences and eruditionIn an effort to leave a testifying legacy of his memories and mesmerizing knowledge, Mr Chatwin shares with the reader a careful selection of his numerous travels and adventures, which lead us with him to the beautiful and the bizarre.
The stories are cleverly intertwined with recollections of his encounters with key contemporary thinkers and personalities.
This gives him a platform to also reveal his vast erudition and to touch on cultural and philosophical reflections.
He may sometimes ... Read More
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- WonderfulA number of delightful short stories from one of our most erudite, charming and complex writers penned shortly before he died so tragically. Chatwin's immense spirit and unflagging interest in the World around him leap from the pages.
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