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The Songlines
The Songlines
Author: Bruce Chatwin
Part adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, The Songlines is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. Set in the desolate lands of the Australian Outback, it tells the story of Chatwin's search for the source and meaning of the ancient "dreaming tracks" of the Aborigines—the labyrinth of invisible pathways by which their ...  more »
ISBN: 434012
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 293
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Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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transatlantic avatar reviewed The Songlines on + 7 more book reviews
A beautiful book.
nccorthu avatar reviewed The Songlines on + 569 more book reviews
I thought I would get more on Australian aboriginal mythology but got how they live today.
canadianeh avatar reviewed The Songlines on + 242 more book reviews
For me this book was a window into the world of a completely different culture. Not only does it show how people lived in the illiterate world, but how their civilization survived. The deep history of the songlines has a compelling magic that unites the people with the land in a way that no western culture has seen. If you want to explore a new way of seeing the world, read this wonderful book.


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