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Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin

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by Bruce Chatwin


  Mykyta, Anne-Marie

  letters to

  It’s a Long Way to Truro

  Mykyta, Juliet

  Nabokov, Vladimir

  Naipaul, Shivaand nand n

  Naipaul, V.S.and nand n

  Nairobi

  Nankivell, John

  Nantucket

  Napa Valley

  Narayan, R.Kand n

  Nash, David

  Nash, Judy (‘Miss Smallclothes’)and n and n

  National Gallery, London

  National Gallery of Australiaand n

  National Gallery of Wales

  Nazca

  Lines/Desert Drawings

  Nazi Party

  Nepal

  BC writes from

  see also Kathmandu

  Neuquen

  Newark Park

  New Directions (publishing house)and n

  Newent

  New Hampshire

  New Mexico

  Newport

  New Review

  New York

  BC in

  BC’s letters and cards from

  brief references

  see also Asia House Gallery exhibition on The Animal Style; Brooklyn Bridge; Brooklyn Museum; Lincoln Centre; Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Primitive Art

  New Yorkerand n

  New York Review of Books

  New York Times

  New York Times Review of Books

  BC replies to letter published in

  Ng, Michael (‘Professor Tea’)and n

  Ngong Hills

  Nguyen Qui Duc

  Niamey, BC writes from

  Nice

  Nicolson, Felicityand n

  Niger

  BC writes from

  Nigeria

  Nimrud Dagh

  Nolan, Christopher

  Nomadic Alternative, The (unpublished)

  BC decides to stretch his Asia House essay into

  book proposal sent to Tom Maschler

  Maschler gives positive response to proposal

  Desmond Morris comments on the proposal and n

  BC writes to Maschler about

  chapter submitted to publisher

  process of writing

  BC talks to Christopher Isherwood about

  Maschler’s verdict on manuscript

  BC continues to work on

  BC plans to take fresh look at

  North Africa

  Northern Rhodesia

  North-West Frontier Province

  Norway, BC in

  Nouh Gumbed, Balkh

  Nuoro

  Nuremberg

  Nuristan

  Observerand n

  Occidental College, Los Angeles

  O’Connor, Flanneryand n

  O’Donovan, Father Dan (monk)and n

  O’Flaherty, Father Hughand n

  O’Hanlon, Redmond

  Old Hall School

  BC’s schooldays at

  BC’s letters from

  ‘The Seventh Day’ based on BC’s time at

  Olympic Peninsula

  Onassis, Jacquelineand nand n

  On the Black Hill

  BC starts work on

  BC gathers material for

  process of writing

  BC shows manuscript to Elisabeth Sifton

  BC writes to Deborah Rogers about

  BC explains basis of people and places in

  response of Penelope Betjeman to

  publication accompanied by television programme

  wins Whitbread Prize

  reviewsand n

  published in Germany

  published in Sweden and Finland

  Finnish title

  stage adaptation by Charles Wayand n and nand n

  Channel 4 film ofand n

  BBC radio play adaptationand n

  brief references

  Oppedette, BC writes from

  Oppen, George and Maryand n

  Oregon, BC in

  Orgolos

  Orissa

  Orthodox Church/Christianity

  Ortiz, George (‘Mr T’)and n and nand n

  letters to

  Ortiz, Graziellaand n

  Ortiz collection

  Orwell, Sonia

  Otto III,

  Ouidah

  BC writes from

  Ouranoupolis

  Ourika valley

  Oxford

  Churchill Hospital

  Radcliffe Memorial Foundation

  see also Oxford University

  Oxford University

  Bodleian

  Campion Hall

  Merton College

  Oxford Team for Research into Infectious Tropical Diseases

  Pitt-Rivers Museum

  St Catherine’s College

  Oxmanton, Alison

  as Lady Rosse

  letters to

  Oxmanton, Brendan

  as Earl of Rosseand n

  Oxus, River

  Oxus Plain

  Ozleworth

  Ozleworth Park

  Pachacamac

  Paeonia clusii

  Pakistan

  Palazzo Manchagon

  Palmer, Samueland n

  Pamiat

  Panarea, postcard from

  Paris

  BC catalogues Helena Rubinstein collection in

  BC writes to Gertrude Chanler from

  BC meets Eileen Gray in

  BC stays at Ritz as judge for International Ritz-Hemingway Award

  BC writes to Derek Hill from

  BC attends conference for dissidents in

  brief references

  see also Louvre; Musée de L’Homme; Musée

  see also Louvre; Musée de L’Homme; Musée d’Orsay

  Parke Bernet

  Parladé, Janettaand n

  Parsons, Brendan and Alisonand n see Oxmonton

  Pasadena

  Pascaland n

  Pascal, Blaiseand n

  Passmore, Johnand n

  Patagonia

  BC writes from

  Patagonia Revisitedand n

  Patmos

  BC writes from

  Patricia, SS

  Pawson, Caiusand n

  Pawson, John

  letters to

  Peabody Museum

  Peking Man, Cave of

  Peregrine, Edward

  letters to

  Pereira Marinho, Joaquim

  Pernambuco

  Persia

  Perth

  Festival

  Peru

  BC writes from

  Peshawar

  Phaestos

  Phildadelphia

  Philadelphia University Museum

  Philips, Joe (Joe the Barn)

  Phillips, Magoucheand n

  Phipps, Dianaand n

  Pianhy

  Picasso, Jacquelineand n

  Picasso, Pablo

  Piers Hilland n

  Piggott, Professor Stuart, and n

  Pinkerton Detective Agency

  Pir-Sar

  Pitres

  Pitt, Mount

  Pitt-Rivers, General Augustus

  Pitt-Rivers collection

  Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford

  Plato: Dialogues

  Plesl, Emiliaand n

  Plesl, Evzenand n

  Plimpton, Georgeand n

  Plugge, Captain

  Poe, Edgar Allan

  Poggio al Pozzo, Siena

  BC writes from

  Poland, BC writes from

  Pollen, Peregrine (P.P.)and n

  Pondicherry

  Poole, Mr

  Porras, Dianaand n

  Port Headland

  Porto Ercole

  Portugal

  Port Wakefield

  POSA

  Pound, Ezraand n

  Powell, Anthony

  Powell, Tristram

  Prado, Madrid

  Prague

  BC writes from

  Church of St Ignatz


  Prejevalsky, Lt-Col

  Prescott: History of the Conquest of Peru

  Pressburger, Emeric

  Pretoria

  Price, Keith Nicholsonand n

  Price, Lyndaand n

  Princetonand n

  Prior, Matthew: ‘A Better Answer to Chloe Jealous’

  Pritchett, V.Sand n

  Prizeman, Johnand n

  Prokosch, Frederick: The Asiaticsand n

  Proust, Marcel

  Puerto Deseado

  Puerto Montt

  Puerto Novo

  BC writes from

  Puget Sound

  Punta Arenas

  BC writes from

  Pushkin, Alexander: Journey to Erzerum

  Puthli, Ashaand n

  Pye, Mr

  Python Fetish

  Queen Elizabeth

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Queensland

  Racine, Jean

  Bajazetand n

  RADA

  Radcliffe laboratory

  Radcliffe Medical Foundation

  Radcliffe Memorial Trust

  Radnor Hills

  Radzwill, Leeand n

  Rakia

  Ranakpur

  Rauma, River

  Ravlich, Robyn

  letter to

  Rawlinson & Hunterand n

  Reading

  Recife

  Redditchand n

  Redman (tenant farmer)and n

  Red Sea Hills

  Reformation

  Reiche, Mariaand n

  Rewald, Jonand n

  Rezzori, Beatrice vonand n BC’s entry in visitor’s book of

  Rezzori, Gregor (Grisha) vonand nand n

  BC’s entry in visitor’s book of

  Writings:

  Anecdotage

  Memoirs of An Anti-Semite

  Rhodesand n

  postcard from

  Ribera, José deand n

  Ricciardi, Mirellaand n

  Richard of Cornwall, sceptre of

  Richards, Donaldand n and n

  Richards, Jack

  Richardson, John

  Richardson, Maurice

  Rillaton Cupand n

  Rimbaud, Arthur

  Rio de Janeiro

  Rio Gallegos

  Rio Sao Francisco, BC writes from

  Ritchie, Donald

  Robbe-Grillet, Alainand n

  Roberts, Tegai

  letter to

  Roberts, Tom: The Breakaway, postcard of

  Roché, Henri-Pierreand n

  Jules et Jimand n

  Roché, Jean Claudeand n

  Rochester

  Rock, Joseph

  The Ancient Na-khi Kingdom of Southwest Chinaand n

  Rockefeller, John D.and n

  Rockefeller, Mrs

  Roerich, Nicholas: Overseas Guests, postcard of

  Rogers, Deborah

  letters to

  Rohet, BC in fort at

  Rolling Stone

  Roman Empire

  Rome

  Ronda

  BC writes from

  Rose, Kenneth

  letters to

  Rosen, Charlesand n

  Rosse, Lady see Oxmanton, Alison

  Rosse, Lord see Oxmanton, Brendan

  Rothschild, Jacoband n

  Rothschild, Miranda and n

  Rougemont, Louis de

  Round-the-Island race

  Rousseau, Henriand n

  Royal Geographical Society

  Royal Ontario museum, Toronto

  Rubinstein, Helenaand n

  Rudenko (archaeologist)

  Rudolf, Emperor

  Rumania

  Rundle, Chris

  Rushdie, Salman

  on BC’s sense of humour

  BC discusses his unhappiness with

  in Australia with BC

  relationship with Robyn Davidsonand n

  article in Tatler about Adelaide Festival and n

  changes his literary agent

  The Satanic Verses shortlisted for Booker Prize

  brief referencesand nand n

  Russell, Johnand n

  Russell, Lady Sarah

  Russia

  Ryle, John

  Safani, Edwardand n

  Sahara

  Sainsbury, Simonand n

  St Catherine’s College, Oxford

  St George’s Gallery

  St Julien

  St Maarten

  BC writes from

  St Mary Church of Grace, Apsall

  St Thomas’s Hospital

  St Tropez

  Salamanca

  Sale, Lady Florentiaand n

  Salonika

  Salvador de Bahia, BC writes from

  Samos

  Sandoe, Johnand n

  San Francisco

  San Luis de Marañón

  Santa Sophia, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of, Bayswater

  Sarabhai, Mani, house ofand n

  Saratoga Springs: Yaddo see Yaddo

  Sardinia

  BC writes from

  Sassani

  Sassanian dishesand n

  Satta, Salvator: The Day of Judgementand n

  Saunders, Joanand n

  Saunders, Millicent Jane

  letter to

  Saunders, Peterand n

  Sawenko, Anatolyand n

  Scethrog

  BC writes from

  Schatzkammer, Aix

  Schatzkammer, Vienna

  Schlesinger, Peter

  Schwartzenberg, Bessie

  Scotland

  Scott, Pauland n

  Scythians

  Seattle

  Sebald, W.G.

  Seiferheld, Helene C.and n

  Seillans, Chateau de

  BC writes from

  BC spends his last months at

  Seljuk architecture

  Semple, Johnand n

  Senegal

  Sestrière

  Sethi, Sunil

  letters to

  Seville

  Shah, Mr

  Shakers

  Shakespeare, Nicholas

  letters to

  Shalamov, Varlam: Kolyma Talesand n

  Shamanism

  Shamdev the Wolf Boy, article about (‘The Quest for the Wolf Children’)and n

  Shawn, Williamand n

  Sheffield: Shearwood Road Nursing Home

  Sheridan, Richard Brinsley: The School for Scandal

  Sherrard, Philipand n

  Shetlands

  Siberia

  Sicily

  Siena

  BC writes from

  Sifton, Elisabethand n

  letters to

  Sikkim

  Silberman, Jim

  letter to

  Silbury Hill

  Silk Route

  Simla

  Simon & Schuster

  Simpson, George Gaylord: Attending Marvels

  Simson, Elizabeth

  Sinan, Mimarand n

  Singh, Charanand n

  Singh, Kranti

  Singh, Manvendra

  Sinkiang

  Sinyavsky, Andreiand n

  Sivas

  60 Minutes (TV programme)

  Skelton, Robertand n

  Smetacek, Fredand n

  Smetacek, Peter

  Smythsons (stationers)and n

  Smyrna

  Snow, Edgar

  Society for the Suppression of Vice

  Sofia

  Songlines, The

  research for

  process of writing

  BC sends pages to Elisabeth Sifton

  Sifton excited by the manuscript

  completion of

  BC and Sifton work together on

  BC suggests cover for

  BC works with copy-editor from Cape on

  proofs ready

  BC names people to receive copies of

  BC wants to be out of England at time of publication

  BC receives finished copy of

>   BC sends copy to Lane Fox

  reaches Number 1 on Sunday Times bestseller listand n

  question of option clause in contract for

  nominated for Thomas Cook Travel Award, but BC asks to be withdrawn from shortlist

  BC makes new friends through

  brief references

  Sontag, Susan

  letters to

  Sotheby ’s

  BC seeks work at

  BC offered a job at

  BC’s years of employment at

  purchase of Parke Bernet auction house

  BC frustrated by work at

  auction of Ernest Brummer collection

  Impressionist sale

  Leo Lerman is engaged to write history of

  BC in Paris to catalogue Helena Rubinstein collection for

  BC decides to leave

  BC’s final departure from

  resignations from board of

  brief references

  South Africa

  BC writes from

  South America see names of countries and places

  South Bank Show (TV programme)

  South Georgia

  South Sea Islands

  Souza, Dom Francisco Felix de

  Souza, Sebastian deand n

  Souza, de, family

  Soviet Union, official tour of archaeological museums inand n

  Spain

  BC writes from

  Speake, Graham

  Spectator

  Spencer, Elizabeth

  Spencer-Churchill sale

  Spender, Maro

  Spender, Matthew

  letter to

  Spender, Natashaand n

  Spender, Stephen

  Spetsai

  BC writes from

  Spink, Anthony

  Spink, Billand n

  Spyvees, theand n

  Stalin, Joseph

  Stanley, H.M.

  Stavronikita Monastery

  postcards from

  Stavroudakisand n

  Steadman, Keithand n

  Steegmuller, Francis

  letters to

  Steegmuller, Shirley see Hazzard, Shirley

  Stefanidis, Johnand n

  Steichen, Edwardand n

  Steiermark, BC writes from

  Stein, Aurel

  Steiner, Georgeand n

  Stendhal: Chartreuse de Parmeand n

  Step Pyramid

  Sterkfontein valley

  Stewart, Lady Sophia Vane Tempestand n

  Stockholmand n

  Historiska Museum, postcard from

  Stocklet, Mme

  Stocklet Collection

  Stocklet House

  Stow, Julian Randolph and n

  Straits of Magellan

  Straker, Peter

  Strata Floridaand n

  Stratford-upon-Avon

  Strehlow, Kathleenand n

  dedication written in The Songlines

  letters to

  Strehlow, Theodor

  Aranda Traditions

  Songs of Central Australia

  Strehlow Collection

  Strehlow Foundation

  Sturt, Richard

  Sudanand n

  BC in

  Sully, Thomas

  Sulzberger, David (‘Bones’)and n and n

  Summit Books

  Sundance Kid

  Sunday Times

  BC is offered a position at

  BC’s feelings about starting work at

  BC works for

  informed about BC’s departure for Patagonia

 

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