He wrote as he lived: without rest, without pause. Bruce Chatwin was a literary nomad, and his books like "In Patagonia" and "The Songlines" made him world-famous. Behind the author, who always took notes in his Moleskine notebooks while traveling, lies a contradictory person. Chatwin's letters to relatives and friends such as Susan Sontag and Salman Rushdie span from his time at boarding school to his work at Sotheby's, from his journalistic beginnings to his literary breakthrough and his battle with AIDS. The collection of letters published by his wife offers a unique opportunity to approach this unusual writer, who was always shrouded in myth during his lifetime.