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1	The songlines more books like this by Bruce Chatwin The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. Along these lines Aboriginals passed the songs which revealed the creation of the land and the secrets of its past. In this magical account, Chatwin recalls his travels across the length and breadth of ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	In Patagonia more books like this by Bruce Chatwin Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, "In Patagonia" is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.51! \| first editions
3	What Am I Doing Here more books like this by Bruce Chatwin In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin 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 not a house, but the ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| first editions
4	On the Black Hill more books like this by Bruce Chatwin "On the Black Hill" is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the 20th century. In depicting the lives of Benjamin and Lewis and their interactions with their small local ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Utz more books like this by Bruce Chatwin Bruce Chatwin's bestselling novel traces the fortunes of the enigmatic and unconventional hero, Kaspar Utz. Despite the restrictions of Cold War Czechoslovakia, Utz asserts his individuality through his devotion to his precious collection of Meissen porcelain. Although Utz is permitted to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.51! \| first editions
6	In Patagonia: 4 more books like this by Bruce Chatwin Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) was, for much of his short life, obsessed with the idea of nomadism, feeling that restlessness is encoded into human DNA. His first book, IN PATAGONIA, is a most unorthodox travel book (a designation Chatwin disliked), a picaresque chronicle of his own wanderings through the wildest parts of South America. Chatwin writes ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £15.33! \| first editions
7	Viceroy of Ouidah more books like this by Bruce Chatwin In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron will, he became a man of substance in Ouidah and the founder of a remarkable dynasty. His one remaining ambition is to return to Brazil in triumph, but ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Patagonia Revisited more books like this by Bruce Chatwin Since its discovery by Magellan in 1520, Patagonia was known as a contry of black fogs and whirlwinds at the end of the inhabited world. It immediately lodged itself in the imagination as a metaphor for "the ultimate", the point beyond which one could not go. In this book, Chatwin and Theroux join forces to explores the instances in which the ... see all copies from £5.12! new only from £24.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989 more books like this by Bruce Chatwin A celebrated novelist and bestselling travel writer, Bruce Chatwin has been called the foremost literary traveler of his generation. In this collection of writings, Chatwin's enduring fascination with restlessness surfaces in every period and aspect of his career. From his wartime English childhood to his far-flung journeys, this collection shows ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.32! \| first editions
10	Far Journeys more books like this by Bruce Chatwin, Francis Wyndham (Editor), David King (Editor) These notes and photographs, kept as aide-mémoires by the renowned travel writer, provide insight into his methods and his obsessions. see all copies from £5.77! new only from £74.14! \| first editions
11	Anatomy of Restlessness: 8selected Writings 1969-1989 by Bruce Chatwin Posthumous essays by Bruce Chatwin, on such topics as Timbuktu, the social history of Capri, the renunciation of possessions, collecting, Robert Louis Stevenson, and nomadism, as well as some short fiction. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.29! \| first editions
12 view cover	Bruce Chatwin : photographs and notebooks more books like this by Bruce Chatwin, Francis Wyndham, David King Throughout his travels, Bruce Chatwin took thousands of photographs and completed a number of notebooks, featuring such subjects as Nouakchott shanty towns and Moorish travellers. Chatwin's first book "In Patagonia" won the Hawthorden Prize and E.M. Forster Award. see all copies from £14.83! first editions
13	Animal style art from East to West [catalogue of an exhibition. more books like this by Emma C. Bunker, Bruce Chatwin, Ann E. Farkas, Asia House Gallery, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum see all copies from £25.07! first editions
14	Nowhere is a place : travels in Patagonia more books like this by Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux, Jeff Gnass A selection of writings on Patagonia by the noted travel writers Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux. see all copies from £18.36! first editions
15	Traumpfade. Roman by Anna Kamp Bruce Chatwin (Translator) see all copies from £2.78! new only from £15.25!
16	Anatomy of restlessness : uncollected writings more books like this by Bruce Chatwin, Jan Borm, Matthew Graves This is a collection of Chatwin's previously unpublished material. Short stories, travel sketches, essays, articles and criticism cover every period of Chatwin's career and reflect the abiding themes of his work: roots and rootlessness, exile and the exotic, possession and renunciation. see all copies from £5.48! first editions
17 view cover	Winding paths : photographs by Bruce Chatwin more books like this by Bruce Chatwin, Roberto Calasso Throughout his travels, Bruce Chatwin took thousands of photographs. They demonstrate his legendary "eye" at its best, showing a sense of colour and surface, an ability to find beauty in the most mundane of objects or prosaic of places. see all copies from £15.50! new only from £21.89! \| first editions
18	Nowhere Is a Place Sierra Club more books like this by Bruce Chatwin, Jeff Gnass (Photographer), Paul Theroux A selection of writings on Patagonia by the noted travel writers Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £134.78! \| first editions
19	Indian Leaves more books like this by Bruce Chatwin (Designed by), Howard Hodgkin (Illustrator) Bruce Chatwin writes the introduction to this travel book by the writer Howard Hodgkin. see all copies from £38.34! first editions
20 view cover	Los Viajes: En La Patagonia more books like this by Bruce Chatwin see all copies from £41.93! new only from £41.93!
21	Cobra Verde : Filmbuch more books like this by Werner Herzog, Beat Presser, Bruce Chatwin see all copies from £13.99! new only from £37.93!
22	Patagonia more books like this by Bruce Chatwin see all copies from £16.99! new only from £17.00!
23	En La Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin see all copies from £11.39!
24	Wiedersehen Mit Patagonien by Bruce Chatwin see all copies from £6.83!
25	The Morality of Things: A Talk more books like this by John W. Jackson, Bruce Chatwin, Jocelynn Hallen (Illustrator) see all copies from £127.79! first editions

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