What Am I Doing Here
by Chatwin, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (v.g., some residue from retail sticker); dark purple boards clean, gilt spine titlin
- ISBN 10
- 0224026348
- ISBN 13
- 9780224026345
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (v.g., some residue from retail sticker); dark purple boards clean, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages bright and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Ghandi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot'
Synopsis
In this text, Bruce Chatwin writes of his father, of his friend Howard Hodgkin, and of his talks with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandelstram. He also follows unholy grails on his travels, such as the rumour of a "wolf-boy" in India, or the idea of looking for a Yeti.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC92927
- Title
- What Am I Doing Here
- Author
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (v.g., some residue from retail sticker); dark purple boards clean, gilt spine titlin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224026348
- ISBN 13
- 9780224026345
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 367
- Keywords
- 1st, travel, anthology, essays, Chatwin
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.57 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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