Anatomy of Restlessness

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Anatomy of Restlessness
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First edition
Author Bruce Chatwin
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreVarious
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Publication date
1997
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages244
ISBN 0-224-04292-0 [1]
OCLC 35208446

Anatomy of Restlessness was published in 1997 and is a collection of unpublished essays, articles, short stories, and travel tales. This collection spans the twenty years of Bruce Chatwin's career as a writer. This book was brought together by Jan Borm and Matthew Graves following the death of Chatwin in 1989.

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