Bruce Chatwin (105 page)

Like old lacquer
 . . .
Tatler
, October 1982

Writing is the painting
 . . . Box 34

his splashed ink
 . . . Box 30

the essence of
 . . . Introduction to
John Pawson
(Gustavo Gili, 1992)

whittles his possessions
 . . . Box 12

One of his obvious
 . . . Gregor von Rezzori,
Anecdotage
(Farrar Straus, 1996), 41

This
is
very extraordinary
 . . . 11.8.76

To my immense
 . . . BC to Gerald Brenan

I’m chicken about reviews
 . . . ABC, 25.1.83

It is rare indeed
 . . . TM to BC, 25.10.77

It’s an athlete’s book
 . . . Harold Beaven, ND

without writing to
 . . . PLF to BC, 18.1.78

in a state of emotion
 . . . Jean Raspail to BC, 5.6.79

My problem with
 . . . George Steiner to TM, 13.9.77

Perhaps none of them
 . . . FW to BC, 25.10.77

Don’t flap too
 . . . BC to Keith Milow, ND [1979?]

peculiarly dotty book
 . . . BC to DR, 1.12.77

the FORM of
 . . . BC to CW, 5.11.77

in poetry, but more
 . . . BC to SS, 26.7.78

For what it’s worth
 . . . BC to Clarence Brown, 14.4.79

VERY VERY slowly
 . . . CW to BC, 19.10.77

He spent many
 . . . Charles Milward, Journals, 182

I once made
 . . .
Granta 21
, 1987

on a cursory glance
 . . . Box 35

how he was
 . . . Oswaldo Beyer, Introduction to
Memorias del Uno Carrero Patagonico
, by Asencio Abeijon (Editorial Universitaria de la Patagonia, 1994)

I have always
 . . . BC to JTZ, 16.6.83

set up on
 . . . Journals, 199

a worthy recognition
 . . . CC to BC, 17.10.77

Surely it cannot
 . . . MB to BC, 28.11.77

If I am in
 . . . BC to MB, 10.6.78

With little exaggeration
 . . . Manfred Pfister, “Bruce Chatwin and the Postmodernization of the Travelogue”,
LIT
, Vol. 7, 1996, 253–267

How much did it
 . . . ABC, 8.5.84

He operated several
 . . . Box 35

They were mostly elderly
 . . . Fawn Brodie,
The Devil Drives: a life of Sir Richard Burton
(Eland, 1987), 213

Do descend if
 . . . Brendan Oxmantown to BC, ND

wandering among
 . . . Box 31

half open
 . . . SH, Adelaide, March 1984

le tabac est le produit
 . . . Pierre Verger,
Flux et Reflux de la traite des Nègres entre le Golfe de Bénin et Bahia de Todos os Santos, du XVII au XIX siècle
(Mouton, 1968), 30

a magic nose
 . . . Hugh Thomas,
The Slave Trade: the history of the Atlantic slave trade 1440–1870
(Picador, 1997), 354

After staging a
 . . .
WAIDH
, 136

This town, an old
 . . . BC to parents, February 1972

as thick as
 . . .
The Slave Trade
, 356

that most resembled
 . . . A. B. Ellis,
The Land of Fetish,
1883

Whenever a woman
 . . . Joseph Skertchley,
Dahomey As It Is,
1874, 458

A man came in
 . . . Box 23

He was a tall man
 . . .
VOO,
Preface

The story is wonderful
 . . . BC to EC, 29.12.76

quite exhausting
 . . . BC to EC, 14.1.77

One or two
 . . . 14.1.77

his self-discipline
 . . . Keith Nicolson Price, unpublished memoir

the allure of otherness
 . . .
TLS
, 31.7.98

I met the famous
 . . . BC to EC, 14.1.77

a French scholar
 . . .
Sunday Times
, 29.1.77

story
 . . .
WAIDH,
vii

Sunday morning began
 . . . Box 35

the badge of a mercenary
 . . . ABC, 14.3.84

Amazon
 . . .
Granta 10
, 1984

In one little country
 . . . James Lees-Milne, 3.2.78

I want to forget
 . . . Box 34

Will walk off
 . . . Box 35

the cat-like figures
 . . . Box 35

infinitely alluring
 . . . 16.2.70, Box 34

solitary wanderings
 . . .
VOO
, 56

unburden his load
 . . .
VOO
, 57

cowed and lacking
 . . . BC to FW, 10.3.77

I want more
 . . . February 1972, Box 34

The architecture is wonderful
 . . . BC to JK, 7.3.77

a world where
 . . .
TLS
, 31.7.98

the ‘daughters of the god’
 . . . BC to JK, 7.3.77

Her shoulders shuddered
 . . .
VOO
, 81

He came in off
 . . . Box 35

His green eyes
 . . .
VOO
, 63

The lineaments of
 . . .
VOO
, 64

yet he could
 . . .
VOO
, 57

I have to say
 . . . BC to JK, 7.3.77

I am heartily sick of it
 . . . BC to EC, 7.3.77

Everything’s gone wrong!
 . . . BC to JK, 7.3.77

unstuck for me
 . . . BC to Belinda Foster, 9.3.77

the de Souza’s are
 . . . BC to JK, 7.3.77

None of the black
 . . . BC to EC, 7.3.77

who was sold
 . . . BC to EC, 7.3.77

the terror of Brazilian life
 . . . Box 35

What to make
 . . . Journal, Box 35

know such expressions
 . . . Pierre Verger,
Les affaires Americains
, 1954

vaguely second-rate
 . . . Box 35

The Director wishes
 . . . Box 35

the Brazilian secret police
 . . .
SL
, 180

with a neat arrow-head
 . . . Box 35

I’m not entirely sure
 . . . BC to Nigel Acheson, 25.8.78

One with sub-machine
 . . . Box 35

The Greeks
 . . .
Granta 21
, 1987

Like the evolution
 . . . Walker Books, 1980

Cats have personalities
 . . . Walker Books, 1980

I can’t think
 . . . BC to CW, 5.11.77

Talked to DR
 . . . 1.5.80, Box 35

I do love the borders
 . . . DR to BC, ND

Such a monumental
 . . . BC to SS, 18.6.78

is Australian
 . . . BC to SS, 26.7.78

England more depressing
 . . . 9.12.78, Box 35

Two friends of ours
 . . . EC to GC, 17.6.78

The dandy confronts
 . . . Introduction to
On the Marble Cliffs
(Penguin, 1969)

DR easing up
 . . . Box 35

committed every outrage
 . . .
AOR
, 85

They dressed up as women
 . . . Patricia Morrisroe,
Mapplethorpe
(Random House, 1995), 201

by far the best essay
 . . .
TLS
, 14.2.97

a black bedroom
 . . . “An Eye and Some Body” in
Lady Lisa Lyon
(St Martin’s Press, 1993), 9–14

I really don’t
 . . . Box 35

Maybe it was
 . . .
TLS
, 14.2.97

By pushing back
 . . .
NDBW
, 499

the image of people
 . . . Sebastian Walker to CT

As if to purge himself
 . . . Box 35

the pleasures of pain
 . . . Box 35

I live with that
 . . .
SL
, 147

On Monday, stuck
 . . . BC to SS, 18.6.78

Reviews from U.S
 . . . BC to EC, 12.9.78

Who knows
 . . . BC to MC, 17.8.78

my mother’s namesake
 . . . Chanler Chapman to GC, ND

Ushered into a
 . . . Box 35

The BIG NEWS
 . . . BC to EC, 16.2.79

Paul Theroux
 . . . BC to SS, 29.4.80