UTZ
by:
Bruce Chatwin (author)
Bruce Chatwin's bestselling novel traces the fortunes of Kaspar Utz, an enigmatic collector of Meissen porcelain living in Cold War Czechoslovakia. Although Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each time, he always returns to his Czech home, a prisoner of the...
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Bruce Chatwin's bestselling novel traces the fortunes of Kaspar Utz, an enigmatic collector of Meissen porcelain living in Cold War Czechoslovakia. Although Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each time, he always returns to his Czech home, a prisoner of the Communist state and of his precious collection.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140115765 (0140115765)
Publish date: October 4th 1999
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 154
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Modern Classics,
Czech Literature
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