In Patagonia cover art

In Patagonia

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

In Patagonia

By: Bruce Chatwin
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Try Premium Plus free

Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $26.99

Buy Now for $26.99

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

The audio edition of In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin.

Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road.

©1977 Bruce Chatwin (P)2019 Penguin Audio Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Expeditions & Discoveries Social Classes & Economic Disparity Sociology Travel Writing & Commentary World
All stars
Most relevant  
Where do you start with a book that is impossible to classify ? That seems to have no real beginning, and an abrupt end. Rarely there are books that transcend their subjects, and enter the into the general literary culture - a farewell to arms springs to mind , and Chatwin’s collection of anecdotes, for that is what it is , does just that. Written in the late 70’s , by a well educated but sexually repressed drifter , it’s premise of tracing the discovery point of a dinosaur relic from his childhood is a thinly veiled ruse to escape the confines of a stultifying Britain. The author whisks us away to the raw open spaces of Patagonia and the strange and eclectic band of people whom have made it their home … the narrators gentle renderings of Chatwin s beautiful prose make this easily one of my favourite audibles so far …

So much more than a travel book …

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I was expecting an account of the topography, flora and fauna of Patagonia . Instead it was an interesting account of the strange lives and strange people who migrated to live in this remote place where it turns out there were/are many sheep and were many strange and wonderful dinosaurs . Very interesting .

Different to what I thought.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Others may have found this book interesting/worthy of the acclaim it received in the blurb but I couldn't even finish it. Jumped all over the place and really not one story was appealing.

Did not appeal

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.