Una ragazza minuta, pallida, arrampicata su alti tacchi, nella vita di un uomo «senza ombra», la cui esistenza, così normale, si avvicina sempre più al confine con l’inesistenza. E quella donna è l’ombra stessa, qualcosa di oscuro e lancinante al di là di ogni ragione, che conduce tranquillamente alla morte. Una storia carica di intensità, esaltazione e angoscia.
In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Ghandi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot'
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE. 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.