What Am I Doing Here? (Paperback, Reissue)

One of the greatest travellers and travel writers, who, sadly, died in 1989, recorded some of his journeys through life in this last book. He writes memorably of Malraux, Mrs Gandhi and Werner Herzog in action as he directs The Viceroy of Ouidah. His manner of observing is unique. (Kirkus UK)

'WHAT AM I DOING HERE (the question Rimbaud asked in Ethiopia), because it is more ragged than anything else he wrote, tells us more about him - his interests and friends, if not his passions. He writesof his father, of his friend...Howard Hodgkin, and his tete-a-tetes with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandalstram...Ideally he gets a reallybizarre bee in his bonnet, such as a rumour of 'wolf-boy' in India, ora Chinese fengshui geomancer in Hong Kong, or the idea of looking for a Yeti, and he sets off and deals with it. At its most successful histravel is a search for an unholy grail - something freakish, plainly an excuse - and off he goes, and the piece is a winner' Paul Theroux, Telegraph

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	November 2001
Authors:	Bruce Chatwin
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	367
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-976981-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Biography > Literary Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-09-976981-6
Barcode:	9780099769811

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