@@jeremybassetti no I (thick) have not. Have got caught up with vs Naipaul, and now this (W.G.) Sebald fellow, but thank you for inquiring, and reminding me of Bruce.
Phenomenal man. I wonder what he would have made of internet resources like Wikipedia or how it would have influenced his travels and writing. The Songlines are a comparable large data system. His death remains a huge loss.
I enjoy his prose, particularly his curiosity of people and tribes. He had an aesthetic eye, he was an explorer. To me someone who would just keep going. Not sure where his world would have taken him had he been given longer on the earth. I'll always have that thought. It's like he had or felt he had to use his sixth sense? Odd time all the Aids era. Sad and precarious time for many. Travel of course was also a privilege and a wanderlust of freedom.
bruce chatwin was such a great writer!
Fabulous!
Thanks, Jon!
I first heard of Chatwin in 1990s....'In Patagonia'....a classic....Chatwin also recognized, Ernst Junger, as a major writer...
Thanks for the comment. I need to check out some of Junger's work.
Read (savoured rather) Viceroy of Ouidah just last year and now all of Chatwin's writing ahead of me.
How did you get on?
@@jeremybassetti excuse me ?
I mean, did you make a dent in his backlist of books?
@@jeremybassetti no I (thick) have not. Have got caught up with vs Naipaul, and now this (W.G.) Sebald fellow, but thank you for inquiring, and reminding me of Bruce.
Phenomenal man. I wonder what he would have made of internet resources like Wikipedia or how it would have influenced his travels and writing. The Songlines are a comparable large data system. His death remains a huge loss.
What is the music used in the introduction?
Dante Peach
Despite being a gifted writer he lied for profit in most of his work.
Lying and dishonesty are perhaps his biggest criticisms or faults. Some still love his writing despite these issues.
I enjoy his prose, particularly his curiosity of people and tribes. He had an aesthetic eye, he was an explorer. To me someone who would just keep going. Not sure where his world would have taken him had he been given longer on the earth. I'll always have that thought. It's like he had or felt he had to use his sixth sense? Odd time all the Aids era. Sad and precarious time for many. Travel of course was also a privilege and a wanderlust of freedom.