Vintage Classics Utz

Chatwin, Bruce

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Shortlisted for the 1988 Booker Prize, this is yet another novel from Bruce Chatwin. Previous novels by Chatwin includes The Songlines, On the Black Hill and In Patagonia.

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Publish Date: 03/12/1998

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As Seen on BBC Between the Covers

This is Chatwin’s unforgettable novel of a man in war-torn Communist Prague, driven to protect his collection of porcelain figurines at any cost.

Bruce Chatwin’s bestselling novel traces the fortunes of the enigmatic and unconventional hero, Kaspar Utz. Despite the restrictions of Cold War Czechoslovakia, Utz asserts his individuality through his devotion to his precious collection of Meissen porcelain. Although Utz is permitted to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each time, he is not allowed to take his porcelain with him and so he always returns to his Czech home, a prisoner both of the Communist state and of his collection.

‘Chatwin at his most erudite and evocative’ New York Times

‘His final tour de force… a pristine miniature’ Independent

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

Additional information

Weight 100 g
Dimensions 196 × 128 × 14 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

127

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.914 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K