Author: CLAPP, SUSANNAH
Title: With Chatwin : portrait of a writer / Susannah Clapp
Description: London : Cape 1997. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; 246p. ; 23cm. Summary; An impressionistic study of Bruce Chatwin's life and work by one of his friends. It is not a biography. but a collection of Clapp's own memories of Chatwin and those of his friends and colleagues. Both a solitary and a socialite. he has been described as the person who reinvented travel-writing. Review: Bruce Chatwin. author of In Patagonia and The Songlines. was a remarkable writer and a florid character. He liked to try on roles and try out people and. in the course of a career that covered art expert. journalist and novelist. he met and befriended many famous modern literary figures. He died in 1989. Clapp. editor and friend. has written an affectionate account of a spellbinding figure. (Kirkus UK). Subjects; Chatwin. Bruce 1940-1989. Authors. English — 20th century — Biography. Literary studies: from c 1900 -. English. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. Genre; Biography. ISBN: 0224032585. Weight in Kg appr.:

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