An edition of The Songlines (1988)

The Songlines

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Cover of: The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Chatwin
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An edition of The Songlines (1988)

The Songlines

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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 ancestors "sang" the world into existence. This singular book, which was a New York Times bestseller when it was published in 1987, engages all of Chatwin's lifelong passions, including his obsession with travel, his interest in the nomadic way of life, and his hunger to understand man's origins and nature.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
295

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Social life and customs, Journeys, Descriptionand travel, Description and travel, Aboriginal Australians, Australian aborigines, Travel, New York Times reviewed, Chatwin, bruce, 1940-1989, Australia, description and travel, Australia, social life and customs

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Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989)

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Australia
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Cover of: The Songlines
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1988, Penguin Books
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New York, USA

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Dewey Decimal Class
919.4/0463
Library of Congress
DU105.2, DU105.2 .C43 1988, DU105.2.C43 1988

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Paperback
Pagination
295 p. ;
Number of pages
295

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OL21142610M
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songlines00chat
ISBN 10
0140094296
LCCN
87029204
OCLC/WorldCat
16950807
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23127
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76844

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OL12407193W

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