Utz
by Chatwin, Bruce
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/as new
- Seller
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New Milford, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Chatwin's fifth book, a constantly shifting portrait of Kaspar Utz, resident of 1970s Prague, who should be fleeing the authorities, but is held, trapped by his love for a legendary porcelein collection, now housed in his two-bedroom flat.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher de Lotbiniere Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 514
- Title
- Utz
- Author
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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