293 pages
English language
Published Sept. 15, 1987 by Viking.
The songlines
3 stars
(2 reviews)
Follow Chatwin on his journey into the 'Red Centre' of Australia. Part autobiography, part story, part history, part anthropology. Teaches us how Aboriginal Australians perceive their landscapes, and negotiate with each other in that vast, nomadic environment.
Subjects
- Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989 -- Travel -- Australia.
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
- Australia -- Description and travel.
- Australia -- Social life and customs.