{"product_id":"utz-isbn-9780140115765","title":"Utz","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn elegant novel set in Prague about the possibility of freedom in an unfree state, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Songlines\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtz 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.\u003cp\u003eUtz 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chatwin at his most erudite and evocative.\"\u003cb\u003e--Robert Stone, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUtz\u003c\/i\u003e wonderfully depicts that sad, romantic city of Prague, the ham-handedness of East European politics, a small gallery of deftly drawn characters. Chatwin's deepening portrait of Utz is cunningly achieved. . . . It is triumphant.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chatwin's Prague is a palpable place. . . . The modeling is deft, the color bright, and the miniature scale of the piece displays a decorative mantelpiece charm.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bruce Chatwin has set a story as delicate as the skyline. . . . In this mordant and suggestive story, he masters the grace, the damp, the dilapidation and the ghostly comedy of the city that produced Kafka and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Solider Schweik\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Golem and Don Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e, and the inflamed reasonableness of spring, 1968.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBruce Chatwin (1940–1989) was the author of \u003cb\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Viceroy of Ouidah\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOn the Black Hill\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Songlines\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eUtz\u003c\/b\u003e. His other books are \u003cb\u003eWhat Am I Doing Here\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAnatomy of Restlessness\u003c\/b\u003e, posthumous anthologies of shorter works, and \u003cb\u003eFar Journeys\u003c\/b\u003e, a collection of his photographs that also includes selections from his travel notebooks.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304916078821,"sku":"NP9780140115765","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140115765.jpg?v=1767743344","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/utz-isbn-9780140115765","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}