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The Songlines

Bruce Chatwin (1987)

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Part travelogue, part fiction, The Songlines is a book by Bruce Chatwin exploring Aboriginal song and nomadic peoples.  The book first chronicles his journey into the remote Australian Outback to learn about Aboriginal culture and day-to-day life in this desolate part of the world.  The second part of the book covers his assertion that language started as song, that humans by nature are migratory wanderers, and that these “songlines”, preserved in the world’s oldest existing culture, help track man's path.  Like with In Patagonia, Chatwin doesn’t follow a modern literary structure.  For some, his style is brilliant and to some, it quite frankly is irritating.  We recommend this book for those who liked In Patagonia and for those intrigued by a considering a unique perspective on man’s place in the world.
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Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) was an English journalist and novelist, known for his distinct and eloquent storytelling and for one of the classics in travel literature, In Patagonia.  He worked for Sotheby's, studied archaeology, and traveled the world writing for The Sunday Times Magazine.  Click here to learn more about Bruce Chatwin and his work.

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GREAT QUOTES FROM THE SONGLINES

"Aboriginal Creation myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who had wandered over the continent in the Dreamtime, singing out the name of everything that crossed their paths - birds, animals, plants, rocks, waterholes - and so singing the world into existence."

INTERESTING LINKS:

  • Read "Footprints of the Ancestors", a very well-written 1987 review of The Songlines by Andrew Harvey in The New York Times
  • Those who want more information on Aboriginal culture should read Dreamkeepers: A Spirit Journey into Aboriginal Australia, by Harvey Arden. 

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