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The Songlines

Author Bruce Chatwin
Introduction by Rory Stewart
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$18.00 US
Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
On sale Jun 26, 2012 | 320 Pages | 978-0-14-242257-1
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  • Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
  • English > Literature > British Literature – Non-Fiction
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For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart

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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Bruce Chatwin reinvented British travel writing with his first book, and followed it with four other books, each unique and extraordinary. He died in 1989. View titles by Bruce Chatwin

About

For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart

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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author

Bruce Chatwin reinvented British travel writing with his first book, and followed it with four other books, each unique and extraordinary. He died in 1989. View titles by Bruce Chatwin

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  • Under the Sun
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  • On the Black Hill
    On the Black Hill
    A Novel (Penguin Ink)
    Bruce Chatwin, Daniel Albrigo
    978-0-14-311906-7
    $17.00 US
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    Penguin Books
    Jan 25, 2011
  • In Patagonia
    In Patagonia
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-243719-3
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Mar 25, 2003
  • Anatomy of Restlessness
    Anatomy of Restlessness
    Selected Writings 1969-1989
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-025698-7
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1997
  • What Am I Doing Here
    What Am I Doing Here
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-011577-2
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1990
  • Utz
    Utz
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-011576-5
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Dec 01, 1989
  • The Viceroy of Ouidah
    The Viceroy of Ouidah
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-011290-0
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Jun 07, 1988
  • Under the Sun
    Under the Sun
    The Letters of Bruce Chatwin
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-312038-4
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Jan 31, 2012
  • On the Black Hill
    On the Black Hill
    A Novel (Penguin Ink)
    Bruce Chatwin, Daniel Albrigo
    978-0-14-311906-7
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Jan 25, 2011
  • In Patagonia
    In Patagonia
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-243719-3
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Mar 25, 2003
  • Anatomy of Restlessness
    Anatomy of Restlessness
    Selected Writings 1969-1989
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-025698-7
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1997
  • What Am I Doing Here
    What Am I Doing Here
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-011577-2
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1990
  • Utz
    Utz
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-011576-5
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Dec 01, 1989
  • The Viceroy of Ouidah
    The Viceroy of Ouidah
    Bruce Chatwin
    978-0-14-011290-0
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Jun 07, 1988
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