Anatomia del «bruce». Verità e finzione in In Patagonia di Bruce Chatwin
Abstract
Prendendo in esame In Patagonia (1977) e il dibattito critico che ha sollevato, il saggio analizza il modo in cui la scrittura di Bruce Chatwin ha cambiato la rappresentazione letteraria dei luoghi, sovvertendo la tradizionale distinzione tra verità e finzione, e mostra i motivi per cui la poetica del “Chatwinesque” – un’espressione coniata da SusannahClapp – è diventata un modello per la non-fiction narrative contemporanea.
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