false 79909 19 <i>In Patagonia</i> is Bruce Chatwin's exquisite account of his journey through "the uttermost part of the earth," that stretch of land at the southern tip of South America, where bandits were once made welcome and Charles Darwin formed part of his "survival of the fittest" theory. Chatwin's evocative descriptions, notes on the odd history of the region, and enchanting anecdotes make <i>In Patagonia</i> an exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land. An instant classic upon publication in 1977, <i>In Patagonia</i> remains a masterwork of literature. 1193490 book 1977 In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) total:652|5:184|4:256|3:160|2:43|1:9| 652 2519 1063 97 4 6 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 08:26:21 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 21:35:05 -0700 2009 In Patagonia, one of those unclassifiable mandarin anatomies whose summarized “action” but barely suggests the innumerab...more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:41:06 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 17:14:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 08:52:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 08:57:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 05:57:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 06:02:55 -0700 2009 1
Having just visited Patagonia this year, I can vividly see much of the terrain Chatwin describes. When the book was first published, many de...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 11 18:40:49 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:16:38 -0700 2009
So read the now apocryphal telegram to his employers at The Sunday Times. And in a prose pared down to a precision that was to become his characteristic style – its economy borrowed from Flaubert and Hemingway and his own cataloguing days at Soth...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 03 07:59:57 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:15:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 21 08:51:55 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 10:37:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 17:49:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 23:30:22 -0800 2009
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The book intrigues from the beginning with talk of old maps that used to show Patagonia over...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 14:54:43 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 17:37:19 -0800 2009 In Patagonia is supposed to be a 'classic' in travel writing, ushering in a new era for the genre. The book is pe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 12:51:56 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 12:40:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 09:36:16 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 09:52:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 26 16:59:48 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 03 15:08:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 21:00:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 12:13:56 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 12:13:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 16:11:03 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:48:28 -0800 2008 In Patagonia technically is: travel writing? reportage? fiction? I'm super corny, and I read most of it in, in fact, Patagonia.

As Chatwin travels south through Patagonia, he tells of people trying to remember and resurrect homes they've never been to, peo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 06 14:54:06 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 15:06:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 25 06:09:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:34:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:18:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:20:30 -0700 2009
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