En la Patagonia
por Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989).
Un trozo de supuesta piel de brontosaurio, y unos recuerdos de infancia son el pie para emprender el viaje que se narra, lleno de historias perpendiculares a los personajes y lugares.
By Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989).
A piece of supposed brontosaur's skin and some childhood memories are the first step to begin the trip, plenty of perpendicular stories related to places and characters.
La forma de ver las cosas de Chatwin, al menos en este libro, quizás pueda parecer un poco distante, pero no cabe duda que se trata de un gran libro de viajes; las historias son ricas, tienen raices y personajes reales, y las exageraciones o fantasías es difícil atribuirlas sólo a la imaginación de autor. Quien haya leído "Sailing alone around the world" de Joshua Slocum sabrá a qué me refiero; episodios y personajes de las aventuras de Slocum en los canales magallánicos vuelven de la mano de Chatwin en su parte del viaje, pero desde otro punto de vista, al igual que otros personajes más conocidos por el cine.
Pablo Otero, fotógrafo chileno tiene una galeria de fotos de la cueva del milodonte, lugar del que arranca en origen el libro.
Chatwin, Bruce: En la Patagonia; Península, Altaïr viajes, 2000
ISBN: 84-8307-259-9
The Chatwin's point of view, at least in this book, perhaps looks a bit distant, but whithout any doubt this one is a great travel book. The stories are rich, they do have roots and real characters, the overstatements and fantasies are difficult to impute only to Chatwin's imagination. Those who have read Joshua Slocum's "Sailing alone around the world" will understand what I'm meaning; episodes and characters pictured in the Slocum's adventures throught the Magellan strait returns by Chatwin's hand telling his own journey with a new resemblance, as well as many other better know by the movies.
Pablo Otero, Chilean photographer, has a photo gallery of Mylodon's cave, the place where the story begins.
Chatwin, Bruce: En la Patagonia; Península, Altaïr viajes, 2000
ISBN: 84-8307-259-9
This is a classic of the travel genre and an amazing book. Many of those who are depicted in it have later come out and criticised Chatwin's lack of accuracy. Since I read it as a work of literature I really don't care about that. A shame he died so young, but this will only add to his reputation.
Chatwin had a keen eye and also took good photos, some of which are collected in a book called WINDING PATHS.