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Literature & Fiction

Utz

Utz

Utz collects Meissen porcelain with a passion. His collection, which he has protected and enlarged through both World War II and Czechoslovakia's years of Stalinism, numbers more than 1,000 pieces, all crammed into his two-room Prague flat.
Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and although he has considered defection, he always returns. He cannot take his precious collection with him, but he cannot leave it, either. And so Utz is as much owned by his porcelain as it is owned by him, as much of a prisoner of the collection as of the Communist state.

A fascinating, enigmatic man, Kaspar Utz is one of Bruce Chatwin's finest creations. And his story, as delicately cast as one of Utz's porcelain figures, is unforgettable.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
IsAdultProduct
Height 7.75589
Length 5.07873
Weight 0.2866009406
Width 0.47244
ReleaseDate 1989-12-01
NumberOfItems 1

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