Chatwin was born in England into a family of " ... professional people, architects and lawyers, who did ¬ go in for trade. There were, however, scattered among my forebears and relatives, a number...
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"I have a compulsion to wander and a compulsion to return--a homing instinct like a migrating bird," Bruce Chatwin wrote in a 24 February 1969 letter to Tom Maschler, his editor at Jonathan Cape. "Tru...
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Despite the critical acclaim for his travel sketches and books, Bruce Chatwin disliked being labeled a travel writer. He conceded, however, that travel was central to his writing and that he could not...
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Bruce Chatwin
(Charles) Bruce Chatwin
