The Songlines

Front Cover
Penguin Books, 1988 - Biography & Autobiography - 294 pages
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.

From inside the book

Contents

Chapter 1
1
Chapter 2
5
Chapter 3
11
Copyright

36 other sections not shown

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (1988)

Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) was the author of In Patagonia, The Viceroy of Ouidah, On the Black Hill, The Songlines, and Utz. His other books are What Am I Doing Here and Anatomy of Restlessness, posthumous anthologies of shorter works, and Far Journeys, a collection of his photographs that also includes selections from his travel notebooks.