- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (9 Mar 1979)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330256440
- ISBN-13: 978-0330256445
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #30 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Central & South America > Argentina
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read Nicholas Shapespeare's biography of Bruce Chatwin, I was keen to read Chatwin's "In Patagonia", although I had no idea what his writing would be like.
I was therefore very surprised as to how readable the book was, with many insights into the people and the country, particularly of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, which I had always imagined as being wild, rough and uninhabitable.
The book has been described as breaking all the rules of travel writing, but not being a "travel reader" all I can say that it is well worth reading and that I am looking forward to getting hold of his book on Wales, "Under the Black Hill".
I was therefore very surprised as to how readable the book was, with many insights into the people and the country, particularly of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, which I had always imagined as being wild, rough and uninhabitable.
The book has been described as breaking all the rules of travel writing, but not being a "travel reader" all I can say that it is well worth reading and that I am looking forward to getting hold of his book on Wales, "Under the Black Hill".
Format:Paperback
Chatwin takes travel book writing to another dimension. In Patagonia is without any doubt more than just a travel book and it is more than a book about a geographical location. Magnificent as Patagonia may be, this book is also a history of the place, its people, the landscape and its grandiosity. If a place this had a soul, this book finds it and brings to you its resplendence. Unforgettable. One of this books you will read more than once for the sheer pleasure of it.
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Rough Jem
11 Jun 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
Chatwin's Patagonia reads like it was written in fits and starts after long days of travel. It is unpolished and magical. His tangents and set pieces weave together and somtimes stop cold. It's a lovely way to travel.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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9 Jan 2012
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Arrived promptly and in great condition. I don't know what to write to make this 20 words long. Am I reviewing the book or the folks who sent it to me? As for the book, it was a bit too clever for my tastes, it was more a reflection of the writer's imagination than the countryside.
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