Utz (novel)

Utz (novel)

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author = Bruce Chatwin
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Vintage Classics
release_date = 1988
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 128
isbn = ISBN 0099770016
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"Utz" is a novel written by British author Bruce Chatwin. It was 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 way to travel outside the eastern bloc to acquire new pieces. Whilst in the West Utz often considers defecting but he would be unable to take his collection with him and so, a prisoner of his collection he is unable to leave.

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*cite encyclopedia |title= "Utz", Bruce Chatwin (1988) |encyclopedia= The Literary Encyclopedia |volume= |pages= |publisher= |date= 1 January 1970 |id= |url= http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8579 |accessdate= 2008-06-26


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