Utz (novel)

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Utz
Author Bruce Chatwin
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Vintage Classics
Publication date 1988
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 128
ISBN ISBN 0099770016

Utz is a novel written by British author Bruce Chatwin. It was first published in 1988. The novel follows the fortunes of Kaspar Utz who lives in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. Utz is a collector of Meissen porcelain and finds way to travel outside the eastern bloc to acquire new pieces. Whilst in the West Utz often considers defecting but he would be unable to take his collection with him and so, a prisoner of his collection he is unable to leave.