false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899729m/76844.jpg 76844 20 The late Bruce Chatwin carved out a literary career as unique as any writer's in this century: his books included <i>In Patagonia</i>, a fabulist travel narrative, <i>The Viceroy of Ouidah</i>, a mock-historical tale of a Brazilian slave-trader in 19th century Africa, and <i>The Songlines</i>, his beautiful, elegiac, comic account of following the invisible pathways traced by the Australian aborigines. Chatwin was nothing if not erudite, and the vast, eclectic body of literature that underlies this tale of trekking across the outback gives it a resonance found in few other recent travel books. A poignancy, as well, since Chatwin's untimely death made <i>The Songlines</i> one of his last books. 1379779 1988 The Songlines total:776|5:293|4:300|3:133|2:42|1:8| 776 3156 1057 102 4 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Dec 20 02:47:01 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 03:30:26 -0800 2007
I had never heard of songlines...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jul 29 21:06:56 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 21:16:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jun 15 18:39:22 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 15:03:36 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sat Feb 14 09:28:49 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 12:59:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 01:43:59 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 01:55:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 02:36:58 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 02:50:20 -0800 2008 'Put it this way,' he said. 'Anywhere in the bush you can point to some feature of the landscape and ask the Aboriginal with you, "What's the story there?" or "Who's that?" The chances are he'll answer "Kangaroo" or "Budgerigar" or "Jew Lizard", depe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 11 18:41:14 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:19:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 12:52:01 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:14:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Apr 21 02:59:24 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 02:59:40 -0700 2009
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What can I say about Chatwin that hasn't already...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 18 16:03:40 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 10 07:36:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:41:42 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:45:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 08 00:45:19 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 13:51:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 27 17:55:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 17:57:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 18:48:14 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:27:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 17:05:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:51:48 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 19:19:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 19:22:19 -0700 2009 We are all noma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 02:37:15 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 02:40:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:17:31 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:28:48 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=76844