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Utz is a novel written by the British author Bruce Chatwin, first published in 1988. The novel follows the fortunes of Kaspar Utz who lives in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. Utz is a collector of Meissen porcelain and finds a way to travel outside the Eastern Bloc to acquire new pieces.
1 de ene. de 2001 · Chatwin’s short novel, Utz, recounts the story of a ‘compulsive collector’ of porcelain figures, Kaspar Utz, against the backdrop – harrowingly ubiquitous and inescapable – of the totalitarian rule in Czechoslovakia during the 60s and 70s.
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Resumen y sinopsis de Utz de Bruce Chatwin. En la hermosa y decadente Praga encontramos a Kaspar Utz, barón, dueño de una fabulosa colección de porcelana de Meissen que logró salvar de las garras de Hitler y que, ahora, le toca resguardar de la codicia del régimen comunista.
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23 de mar. de 2020 · Utz es la novela donde Chatwin construye un personaje antinómada, un coleccionista compulsivo. Elabora, en este sentido, una síntesis de aquel ajetreo de antigüedades vivido durante aquella época en Sotheby´s.
About Utz. An elegant novel set in Prague about the possibility of freedom in an unfree state, from the acclaimed author of The Songlines and In Patagonia Utz collects Meissen porcelain with a passion.
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- Bruce Chatwin
Bruce Chatwin's bestselling 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.
