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The Songlines
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By
Bruce Chatwin
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from USA supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 304 pages, Open market ed Edition | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 31 May 2001 |
Bruce Chatwin--author of In Patagonia--ventures into the desolate land of Outback Australia to learn the meaning of the Aborginals' ancient "Dreaming-tracks." Along these timeless paths, amongst the fortune hunters and redneck Australians, racist policemen and mysterious Aboriginal holy men, he discovers a wondrous vision of man's place in the world. |
Reviews"A blend of travelogue, memoir, history, philosophy, science, meditation, and commonplace book...Chatwin's astonishing style captures the metamorphoses of his own 'Walkabout'....He takes the travel genre beyond exoticism and the simple picturesque into the metaphysical." --"The Boston Globe"
The riches of The Songlines are varied and artfully stashed. Chatwin's physical journey over Australia's parched hide corresponds to his intellectual excursions, which are full of surprising turns." --"Time"
"No ordinary book ever issues from Bruce Chatwin. Each bears the imprint of a dazzingly original mind." --"Newsday"
| Publisher: | Viking | | ISBN: | 0140094296 |
| EAN: | 9780140094299 | | Dimensions: | 19.0 x 12.0 x 2.0 centimeters (0.26 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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