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.
The late author takes readers on a trip through his inner life and across the globe, in a personal selection of stories, profiles, and travelogues recounting his intellectual and spiritual epiphanies in New York, Nepal, Russia, Hong Kong
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.