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Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin

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by Nicholas Shakespeare


  For permission to use their own letters, diaries and unpublished manuscripts, we would like to thank Murray Bail; John Barnett and the estate of his late wife Monica; Clarence Brown; Sheila Chanler and the estate of her late husband John; Robert Erskine; Michael Ignatieff; James Ivory; John Kasmin; Candida Lycett-Greene and the estate of the late Penelope Betjeman; Desmond Morris; David Nash; the estate of the late Stuart Piggott; David Plante; David Rieff and the estate of the late Susan Sontag; Kenneth Rose; the estate of the late Stephen Tennant; the estate of the late Cary Welch.

  For access to collections of Bruce Chatwin’s papers and related material we would like to thank: Colin Harris and Judith Priestman at the Bodleian Library in Oxford; the Churchill Hospital in Oxford; Gemma McCallion at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland; Kate Arnold-Forster and Nancy Fulford at Reading University; the Burns Library in Boston; Lalice Hatayama of the Charles E. Young Library in Los Angeles; Elaina Richardson at Yaddo.

  We would also like to thank the estate and publisher of the late W. G. Sebald for permission to quote from ‘The Mystery of the Red-Brown Skin,’ in Campo Santo, trans. Anthea Bell (Hamish Hamilton, 2005); Nicholas Robinson, Michael Bloch and the estate and publisher of the late James Lees-Milne for permission to quote from Diaries, 1971-83, and Diaries, 1984-97 (John Murray, 2008); Murray Bail for permission to quote from Notebooks 1970-2003 (Harvill, 2006). Don Bachardy and Kate Bucknall for permission to quote from Christopher Isherwood’s forthcoming diaries Liberation: Diaries Volume 3, 1970-1983 (Faber, 2010); Kenneth Pearson & Patricia Connor for permission to quote from The Dorak Affair (Michael Joseph, 1967); Patrick Leigh Fermor and Deborah Devonshire for permission to quote from In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, ed. Charlotte Mosley (John Murray, 2008); Diana di Caraci and the estate of the late Teddy Millington-Drake for permission to quote from Shapes on the Horizon (London, 1996); the estate and publisher of the late Leo Lerman for permission to quote from The Grand Surprise – The Journals of Leo Lerman, ed. Stephen Pascal (Knopf, 2007); David Mason for permission to quote from ‘On Bruce Chatwin’s Ashes’, Mondo Greco, premier issue (Spring 1999); Johnathan Gathorne-Hardy and the estate of the late Gerald Brenan for permission to quote from The Interior Castle: A life of Gerald Brenan (Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992); the estate and publisher of the late Frances Partridge for permission to quote from Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-5 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001).

  The quotation of Cyril Connolly is taken from The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle, by Palinurus (1944). The quotation of Osip Mandelstam is taken from The Noise of Time, trans. Clarence Brown (Quartet Books, 1988).

  We have made every effort to trace copyright holders. We greatly regret any omissions, but these will be rectified in future editions.

  INDEX

  Aachen Cathedral, postcard of

  Aalto, Alvar

  ABC radio

  Abidjan

  Abomey, BC writes from

  Aborigines and

  Abu’l Faz’land n

  Abu Simbel

  Accra, BC writes from

  Acheson, Nigel

  letters to

  Adam, Peter

  letters to

  Adams, Lindaand n

  Adelaide

  Festival

  Adler, Renataand n

  Aegina

  Afghanistan

  BC’s film idea based on episode on trip to

  BC’s visits to

  Africa see also names of countries

  Agades

  BC writes from

  Agadir

  Agontimé, Queen of Dahomey

  Agra

  Ahmed, Akbar (‘Dumpy’)and n

  AIDS/HIV

  Ai Khanum

  Aïr Mountains

  Aitken, Gillonand n

  letters to

  Aix

  Schatzkammer

  Akbar, Ghulamand n

  Alaska

  Albigenses

  Alexander the Great

  Al Fayed, Mohamed

  Algeriasee also Algiers

  Alghero

  Algiersand n

  Alhaurin-el-Grande

  Alice Springs

  BC in

  Allan, Ranaldand n

  Alpujaras, the

  Alunda, postcard from

  Amanullah

  Amazons

  Achilleon, postcard from

  America

  BC sends postcards to parents from

  BC makes frequent trips for Sotheby’s to

  BC has eye problems after working in

  BC’s marriage arranged to take place in

  the Chatwins’ wedding and honeymoon in

  BC involved in exhibition arrangements in

  EC visits for her sister’s wedding

  BC stays in Oregon

  BC stays in rented house on Fishers Island

  In Patagonia published in

  reviews of In Patagonia in

  Elizabeth deals with family affairs in

  BC comments on situation in

  BC recommended for Yaddo fellowship

  BC based at Yaddo

  reviews of On the Black Hill in

  BC plans to teach in Vassarand n

  BC describes visit to

  AIDS/HIV in

  brief references and n

  see also names of places

  America

  American Indians

  Amis, Kingsleyand n

  Amis, Martin

  Amritsarand n

  Amsterdam, BC writes from

  Anatolia

  Andalusia

  Anderson, Sherwood

  Andes

  Angelico, Fra, sale of paintings by

  Ankara

  BC writes from

  Annacatand n

  Ansari

  Anti-Slavery Societyand n

  Antofagasta

  Apsall: St Mary Church of Grace

  Apt

  postcard of

  Arabs

  Arctic Tern pictureand n

  Arequipa

  Aretino

  Argentina

  BC writes from

  Argentina Austral

  Arnold, Eveand n

  Artemis

  Art News

  Aryan myth

  Aryans

  Ashland

  Asia House Gallery exhibition, BC involved in

  Askey, Arthur

  Astor, Chiquita

  Athens

  postcard sent from

  Athos see Mount Athos

  Atlantic Oceanand n

  Atlas mountains

  Attlee, Clement

  Aubenas-les-Alpes

  BC writes from

  Aula

  Aurobindo, Sriand n

  Australia

  BC’s visits to

  brief references

  see also names of places

  Austria

  BC writes from

  Avebury

  Avery, Peterand n

  Avon, Clarissa, Eden, Countess ofand n

  Ayer’s Rock

  Babel, Isaacand n

  Red Cavalry

  Babur, Zahir ud-Din Mohammad: The Baburnama and n

  Bacchae

  Bache, Andrew

  Badakhshan

  Badmintonand n

  Horse Trials

  Badrinath

  Bagshaw, Geoffand n

  Bahia Blanca

  Bail, Margaretand n

  letter to

  Bail, Murray and n

  letters to

  Writings:

  Holden’s Performance

  Ian Fairweatherand n

  Bailey, Pauland n

  Baja Caracolles

  BC writes from

  Bakhtiari nomads

  Bala Hissar

  Balfour, Christopher

  Balkh: Nouh Gumbed

  Ball, Mr (vicar)and n

  Ballinger, Lennyand n

  Baltit

  Baluchistan
<
br />   Balzac, Honoré de

  Bamyan, postcard from

  Bananasand n

  Banbury

  Bangladesh

  Bangor

  Barcelona

  BC writes from

  Bargello, the, Florence

  Bari

  Bariloche

  Barnes, Julian

  Barnett, Dr

  Barnett, Christopher

  Barnett, John

  Barnett, Monica and n

  letters to

  Barnt Greenand n

  Barrágan, Luis

  Barrytown Explorer

  Bartleet, Guy

  Bartlett, Mr

  Bartlett, Magnus

  letters to

  Basawanand n

  Basel Kunstmuseum, postcard from

  Baslow

  Basses-Alpessee also Oppedette

  Batey, Andrewand n and n

  Bavanoff-Rosimé, M.E.

  Bayreuth Festival

  BBCand n

  Beagle Bay

  Beas, River

  Beatles, theand n

  Beauchamp Chapel

  Beaufort, Duke of

  Becker, David

  Beirut

  BC writes from

  Beja

  Béké, Étterem

  Belgrade

  Belgranoand n

  Bell, Eileenand n

  Bell, Pam

  letters to

  Bellucci, Marcoand n

  Benares

  BC writes from

  Bengal

  Benin, Republic of/Dahomey and n

  BC writes from

  Benin artworks

  Bennett, Alan

  Bennett, Sarah

  letter to

  Berlin

  Berlin, Isaiah

  Berlin Troy catalogue

  Berlin Wall

  Bermou

  Bernhard, Thomasand n

  Concrete

  Correction

  Gathering Evidence

  Wittgenstein’s Nephew

  Bernhard, William (Bill)and n

  Bernhardt, Sarah

  Betjeman, Johnand nand n

  Betjeman, Penelope

  EC’s description of

  travels with EC and other companions

  BC visits

  and On the Black Hill

  death

  ashes scattered

  BC writes to the Leigh Fermors about

  brief references

  Bhagavad Gitaand n

  Bhimtal

  BC writes from

  Bhutan

  king of

  Birmingham

  Birmingham Archaeological Society

  Birr Castle

  BC writes from

  Black Mountains

  Blake, William

  Bliss Collectionand n

  Blixen, Karenand n

  Blue Mountains

  Bodleian

  Bogamils

  Bole, Allen

  Bolivia

  Bologna, Giovanni da

  Bombayand n

  Bombay Talkie

  Bonn

  Landesmuseum

  Bonnieux

  BC in

  Booker Prize

  Boona

  Booz, Elizabeth

  Booz, Paddyand n

  Borchardt, Anneand n

  Borchardt, Georgesand n

  Bordeaux

  Borges, Jorge Luisand nand n

  Borobudur

  Bororo Peuls

  Bosch, M. Van den

  Bosphorus

  Boston

  Boston Globe

  Botswana

  BC writes from

  Boumaza, Da’ad (Fatby; Fattles) and n

  Bowlby, Anthony and Doeand n

  Boyd, Alasdairand n

  Boyd, Hilaryand n

  Brain, Dr Charles Kimberlin (‘Bob’)

  letter to

  Brain, Ted

  Bratislava

  Bratt, Mr

  Bratt, Percevald (Percy)and n

  Bratt, Peter

  Bratt, Thomas

  Bratt family

  Braun-Menendez, Amando

  Brauns, the

  Brazil

  BC in

  Brecon

  Brenan, Geraldand n

  letters to

  Bridges, Tommy and Raeand n

  Brindisi

  British Museum

  British School in Tehran

  Brodsky, Josefand n

  Bromley-Davenport, Walter and Lenetteand n

  Brooklyn Bridge, postcard of

  Brooklyn Museum, postcard from

  Broome

  Brown, Clarence

  letters to

  Brown, Louise Brydon

  Brown Mountain Trail

  Brown’s Green Farm

  BC writes from

  Bruce, Leighand n

  Brummer, Ernest

  Bruning, J.L.: Biological Clocks in Seasonal Reproductive Cyclesand n

  Buber, Martinand n

  Bucephalus

  Bucharest

  Budapest

  postcard from Budapest Museum

  Buddhism

  Buenos Aires

  BC writes from

  Buford, Bill

  BC’s’ response to Among the Thugs and n

  Bulgaria

  Bull, Dr Richard

  letter to

  Bunin, Ivanand n

  Bunker, Emma

  letters to

  Burma

  Burning Ghats

  Burnley Building Societyand n

  Burroughs, William

  Burton, Richard

  Bylanyand n

  Byron, Robert

  The Road to Oxiana

  The Station

  Cadiz

  Cairo

  postcard from

  Calasso, Robertoand n

  BC’s entry in visitor’s book

  letter to

  California

  Camara, Bishop Hélderand n

 

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