Utz
Bruce Chatwin's novel traces the fortunes of Kaspar Utz, an enigmatic collector of Meissen porcelain living in Cold War Czechoslovakia. Although Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each time, he always returns to his Czech home, a prisoner of the Communist state and of his precious collection.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Year
- 1988
- ISBN-13
- 9780224026086
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Obsession and collectingCold War CommunismIdentity and belonging
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1988)
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