Ted reviewed The songlines by Bruce Chatwin
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5 stars
A great book, one of my favorites, devoid of cliche, indignant to the form that a book should take, pompous, presumptuous, gracefully crafted and simple.
Bruce Chatwin: The songlines (1987, Viking)
293 pages
English language
Published Sept. 15, 1987 by Viking.
Follow Chatwin on his journey into the 'Red Centre' of Australia. Part autobiography, part story, part history, part anthropology. Teaches us how Aboriginal Australians perceive their landscapes, and negotiate with each other in that vast, nomadic environment.
A great book, one of my favorites, devoid of cliche, indignant to the form that a book should take, pompous, presumptuous, gracefully crafted and simple.