Nicholas Shakespeare

Broschiertes Buch

Bruce Chatwin

Beschreibung

A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner.

Autor

Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His novels have been translated into twenty languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, Snowleg, and The Dancer Upstairs, which was chosen by the American Libraries Association in 1997 as the year's best novel, and in 2001 was made into a film of the same name by John Malkovich. His most recent novel is Inheritance. He is married with two small boys and currently lives in Oxford.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 539234
• 2000.
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 129mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780099289975
• ISBN-10: 0099289970
• Artikelnr.: 08700575

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