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Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989 (1997)

by Bruce Chatwin

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It is commonly supposed that Bruce Chatwin was an ingenuous latecomer to the profession of letters, a misapprehension given apparent credence by that now famous passage in his lyrical, autobiographical "I Always Wanted to Go to Patagonia," in which we are told that this indefatigable traveler's literary career began in midstride, almost on a whim, with a telegram announcing his departure for the farthest-flung corner of the globe: "Have gone to Patagonia." Such a view overlooks the fact that from the late 1960s onward Chatwin was already fashioning the tools of his future trade in the columns of a variety of magazines and journals. And that he continued to do so through every twist and turn of his career, from art expert to archaeologist, to journalist and author, right up until his death in 1989. These previously neglected or unpublished pieces - short stories, travel sketches, essays, articles, and criticism - gathered together here for the first time, cover every period and aspect of the writer's career, and reflect the abiding themes of his work: roots and rootlessness, exile and the exotic, possession and renunciation.… (more)
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Some fiction, some book reviews and some essays on travel, nomadism, writing retreats. His review of a biography of Robert Lewis Stevenson is quite interesting.
  ritaer | Jun 6, 2015 |
Anatomia dell'irrequietezza soffre del medesimo problema di Che ci faccio qui?, ossia la mancanza di continuità. L'interesse del libro si concentra sui tre estratti del famoso "libro nomade" che Chatwin scrisse prima di tutti gli altri e che poi distrusse di fronte all'impossibilità di vederlo pubblicato. Una sorta di archeologia letteraria dunque. Per completare il quadro sull'autore, da sconsigliare come primo approccio ( )
  Zeruhur | May 26, 2012 |
Anatomia dell'irrequietezza soffre del medesimo problema di Che ci faccio qui?, ossia la mancanza di continuità. L'interesse del libro si concentra sui tre estratti del famoso "libro nomade" che Chatwin scrisse prima di tutti gli altri e che poi distrusse di fronte all'impossibilità di vederlo pubblicato. Una sorta di archeologia letteraria dunque. Per completare il quadro sull'autore, da sconsigliare come primo approccio ( )
  Zeruhur | May 26, 2012 |
I actually enjoyed this, especially the chapters relating more closely to the nomadic world. I did feel sometimes that Chatwin was telling us only half the story and some of his conclusions were consequently a bit unconvincing. This may partly stem from the fact that the excerpts were written over a wide timespan and therefore reflect his beliefs and attitudes at various times in his life. Thought provoking.
  janglen | Feb 10, 2011 |
Too pretentious ... but did make me think hard about my vision of the house I will live in in the future.
  wandering_star | Jan 31, 2009 |
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So it's a bit sad that this latest collection of his literary souvenirs has such a claustrophobic feel. Chatwin died in 1989, and a good deal of his previously unpublished work has already been pulled together in book form, leaving a few magazine articles, autobiographical snippets, book reviews and sketchy short stories for this one. Fodder for a biographer, perhaps. But mostly a goad to the reader's own restlessness.
added by John_Vaughan | editNY Times, Alida Becker (Jul 12, 1996)
 
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It is commonly supposed that Bruce Chatwin was an ingenuous latecomer to the profession of letters, a misapprehension given apparent credence by that now famous passage in his lyrical, autobiographical "I Always Wanted to Go to Patagonia," in which we are told that this indefatigable traveler's literary career began in midstride, almost on a whim, with a telegram announcing his departure for the farthest-flung corner of the globe: "Have gone to Patagonia." Such a view overlooks the fact that from the late 1960s onward Chatwin was already fashioning the tools of his future trade in the columns of a variety of magazines and journals. And that he continued to do so through every twist and turn of his career, from art expert to archaeologist, to journalist and author, right up until his death in 1989. These previously neglected or unpublished pieces - short stories, travel sketches, essays, articles, and criticism - gathered together here for the first time, cover every period and aspect of the writer's career, and reflect the abiding themes of his work: roots and rootlessness, exile and the exotic, possession and renunciation.

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