The Viceroy of Ouidah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Viceroy of Ouidah write by Bruce Chatwin. This book was released on 1988-06-07. The Viceroy of Ouidah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bruce Chatwin’s debut novel: “Conrad’s Heart of Darkness seen through a microscope” (The Atlantic) In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity.
Amazons of Black Sparta, 2nd Edition
Amazons of Black Sparta, 2nd Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Amazons of Black Sparta, 2nd Edition write by Stanley B. Alpern. This book was released on 2011-04-11. Amazons of Black Sparta, 2nd Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The only thoroughly documented Amazons in world history are the women warriors of Dahomey, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom. Once dubbed a 'small black Sparta,' residents of Dahomey shared with the Spartans an intense militarism and sense of collectivism. Updated with a new preface by the author, Amazons of Black Sparta is the product of meticulous archival research and Alpern's gift for narrative. It will stand as the most comprehensive and accessible account of the woman warriors of Dahomey.
Under the Sun
Under the Sun - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Under the Sun write by Bruce Chatwin. This book was released on 2011-02-17. Under the Sun available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Wonderful...the closest we are ever going to get to a Chatwin autobiography." -William Dalrymple, The Times Literary Supplement (London) The celebrated author of such beloved works as In Patagonia and The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin was a nomad whose desire for adventure and enlightenment was made wholly evident by his writing. This marvelous selection of letters-to his wife, to his parents, and to friends, including Patrick Leigh Fermor, James Ivory, and Paul Theroux- reveals a passionate man and a storyteller par excellence. Written with the verve and sharpness of expression that first marked him as an author of singular talent, Chatwin's letters provide a window into his remarkable life and strikingly detailed insights regarding his literary ambitions and tastes.
Anatomy of Restlessness
Anatomy of Restlessness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Anatomy of Restlessness write by Bruce Chatwin. This book was released on 1997-08-01. Anatomy of Restlessness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although he is best known for his luminous reports from the farthest-flung corners of the earth, Bruce Chatwin possessed a literary sensibility that reached beyond the travel narrative to span a world of topics—from art and antiques to archaeology and architecture. This spirited collection of previously neglected or unpublished essays, articles, short stories, travel sketches, and criticism represents every aspect and period of Chatwin’s career as it reveals an abiding theme in his work: his fascination with, and hunger for, the peripatetic existence. While Chatwin’s poignant search for a suitable place to “hang his hat,” his compelling arguments for the nomadic “alternative,” his revealing fictional accounts of exile and the exotic, and his wickedly en pointe social history of Capri prove him to be an excellent observer of social and cultural mores, Chatwin’s own restlessness, his yearning to be on the move, glimmers beneath every surface of this dazzling body of work.
What Am I Doing Here
What Am I Doing Here - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Am I Doing Here write by Bruce Chatwin. This book was released on 1990-08-01. What Am I Doing Here available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this text, Bruce Chatwin writes of his father, of his friend Howard Hodgkin, and of his talks with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandelstram. He also follows unholy grails on his travels, such as the rumour of a "wolf-boy" in India, or the idea of looking for a Yeti.
