{"product_id":"the-songlines-von-bruce-chatwin","title":"The Songlines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Chatwin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Sheffield in 1940. After attending Marlborough School he began work as a porter at Sotheby's. Eight years later, having become one of Sotheby's youngest directors, he abandoned his job to pursue his passion for world travel. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six months.' This trip inspired the first of Chatwin's books, \u003ci\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M. Forster Award and launched his writing career. Two of his books have been made into feature films: \u003ci\u003eThe Viceroy of Ouidah\u003c\/i\u003e (retitled \u003ci\u003eCobra Verde\u003c\/i\u003e), directed by Werner Herzog, and Andrew Grieve's \u003ci\u003eOn the Black Hill\u003c\/i\u003e. On publication \u003ci\u003eThe Songlines\u003c\/i\u003e went straight to Number 1 in the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and remained in the top ten for nine months. \u003ci\u003eOn the Black Hill\u003c\/i\u003e won the Whitbread First Novel Award while his novel \u003ci\u003eUtz \u003c\/i\u003ewas nominated for the 1988 Booker Prize. He died in January 1989, aged forty-eight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780099769910\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780099769910","offer_id":39414225043549,"sku":"9780099769910","price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/6ae6677d-a7c1-4d47-94d6-69d95b589cf2.jpg?v=1780027279","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-songlines-von-bruce-chatwin","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}