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In Patagonia (Paperback)

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Paperback 288 Pages
Published: 03/12/1998
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'The book that redefined travel writing' Guardian

Bruce Chatwin sets off on a journey through South America in this wistful classic travel book

With its unique, roving structure and beautiful descriptions, In Patagonia offers an original take on the age-old adventure tale. Bruce Chatwin’s journey to a remote country in search of a strange beast brings along with it a cast of fascinating characters. Their stories delay him on the road, but will have you tearing through to the book’s end.

‘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 Times

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099769514
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 215 g
Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 18 mm


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Elliptical and alive, this is a brilliant travel book - Observer

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 Times

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, Guardian

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“Nothing could have prepared me better......”

A true classic in travel writing. I read this book before my maiden trip to Patagonia last year. Not only is it a great story, but also a great way of planning any trip to this part of the world.

Bruce Charwin takes... More

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“Unfortunately not what I was expecting”

The stories are hard to follow. The amount of small chapters and flip flopping between his accounts can sometimes interrupt the flow of the book. The last few chapters did not need to feature at all.

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The oaks

“1001 Patagonian nights”

Having read Nicholas Shakespeare's encyclopaedic biography of Chatwin, I was curious to see what the fuss was about. And my what a read! A tour de force with beautiful descriptive passages but in parts tedious... More

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