Bruce Chatwin

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.

In this personal selection of stories and travelogues, Chatwin looks at the world populated by the wise, the misguided, the beautiful and the bizarre. The book follows his view of the world through various situations. He abandoned his job to pursue his passion for world travel.

Bruce Chatwin's debut novel: "Conrad's Heart of Darkness seen through a microscope" (The Atlantic) In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity.

Patagonien - das malerisch schöne Land am Ende der Welt, das seit Anfang dieses Jahrhunderts politisch zwischen Chile und Argentinien aufgeteilt ist. Bruce Chatwin hat auf einer langen Reise dieses wilde Land erkundet. Seine Neugier und seine behutsame Art, auf die Einheimischen wie auf die Eingewanderten zuzugehen oder den Schicksalen Verschollener nachzuforschen, waren der Schlüssel zu den abenteuerlichsten Entdeckungen.