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Letters by Bruce Chatwin copyright © The Estate of Bruce Chatwin, 2010. Preface and annotations by Elizabeth Chatwin copyright © Elizabeth Chatwin, 2010. Introduction and notes copyright © Nicholas Shakespeare, 2010. Compilation copyright © Nicholas Shakespeare and Elizabeth Chatwin, 2010 All rights reserved.
Extract from The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly. Copyright Cyril Connolly, 1945.
Extract from Ups and Downs by Frances Partridge. Copyright © Frances Partridge, 2001.
Additional acknowledgments for permission to reprint copyrighted works appear on pages 527-528.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989.
[Correspondence. Selections]
Under the sun : the letters of Bruce Chatwin /selected and edited by
Elizabeth Chatwin and Nicholas Shakespeare.
p. cm.
Includes index.
First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Jonathan Cape.
eISBN : 978-1-101-47568-3
1. Chatwin, Bruce, 1940 – 1989—Correspondence. 2. Authors, English—20th century—
Correspondence. I. Chatwin, Elizabeth. II. Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957 – III. Title.
PR6053.H395Z48 2011
823’.914—dc22
[B]
2010033591
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