- Published: 31 October 2012
- ISBN: 9781448113026
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
The Songlines
- Published: 31 October 2012
- ISBN: 9781448113026
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
Chatwin delves into aspects of landscape that are beyond road signs and highways, and into a way of living that is entirely alien to the average European… those who are open to a bit of a wander will adore it
Evening Herald
Chatwin is not simply describing another culture; he is also making cautious assertions about human nature. Towards the end of his life Sartre wondered why people still write novels; had he read Chatwin's he might have found new excitement in the genre
Edmund White, Sunday Times
That Chatwin is one of the most distinct and original writers we have is confirmed by the publication of another quite remarkable book
Nicholas Shakespeare
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 Telegraph