The Songlines
by Chatwin, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Milford, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
First edition, fourth printing.
This is a perfect copy of Chatwin's most famous book, brilliantly discussing the enormous questions of how mankind can achieve happiness in a post-industrial world.
From many sources, including the Australian Aboriginies, he suggests, "it is solved by walking".
Hardcover
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher de Lotbiniere Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2112
- Title
- The Songlines
- Author
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Christopher de Lotbiniere Rare Books
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