Utz
of Bruce Chatwin
Description
Utz collects Meissen porcelain with a passion. His collection, which he has protected and enlarged through both World War II and Czechoslovakia's years of Stalinism, numbers more than 1,000 pieces, all crammed into his two-room Prague flat. Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and although he has considered defection, he always returns. He cannot take his precious collection with him, but he cannot leave it, either. And so Utz is as much owned by his porcelain as it is owned by him, as much of a prisoner of the collection as of the Communist state.A fascinating, enigmatic man, Kaspar Utz is one of Bruce Chatwin's finest creations. And his story, as delicately cast as one of Utz's porcelain figures, is unforgettable.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 154 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date December 1st 1989
- First Publication 11/06/88
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140115765
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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