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The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Songlines about?
Bruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life."Extraordinary - a remarkable and satisfying book." - The ObserverThe Songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. Along these lines Aboriginals passed the songs which revealed the creation of the land and the secrets of its past. In this magical account Chatwin recalls his travels across the length and breadth of Australia seeking to find the truth about the songs and unravel the mysteries of their stories."The songlines emerge as invisible pathways connecting up all over Australia: ancient tracks made of songs which tell of the creation of the land. The Aboriginals' religious duty is ritually to travel the land, singing the Ancestors' songs: singing the world into being afresh. The Songlines is one man's impassioned song." - David Sexton, Sunday TelegraphBruce Chatwin Between 1972 and 1975 Chatwin worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six months.' This trip inspired the first of Chatwin's books, In Patagonia, which won the Hawthornden Prize and
Who reads The Songlines?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bruce Chatwin
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital Editions
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781448113026
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Travel, Travel Writing
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (6,429 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13