Sunday, September 6, 2020

Letters Home



In a 1978 letter, Bruce Chatwin writes to Elizabeth of his time in New York City:

"Dinner parties every night. Escorting Mrs Onassis to the opera next Thursday. Met her again with the John Russells, and my god she's fly. Far more subtle than any American I've ever met. A man called Charles Rosen, who has a reputation for being THE CLEVEREST MAN IN AMERICA, was pontificating on the poet Aretino, and since nobody reacted or contradicted him, turned his discourse into a lecture. He was halfway through when she turned to him with her puppy-like eyes, smiled and said: 'Yes, of course, you can see it all in the Titian portrait.'"



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