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Rare and modern books

Chatwin

THE SONGLINES

Jonathan Cape, 1987

175.50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1987
Place of printing
London
Author
Chatwin
Publishers
Jonathan Cape
Edition
First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth, lettered
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and in the illustrated dustjacket. 293 pp. A fine copy.

Edizione: chatwin's novel of ideas set in aboriginal camps of central australia. 'songlines' are what europeans call the labyrinth of invisible pathways that meander all over australia. to the aboriginals, they are the 'footprints of the ancestors'. these trails are both intricate sources of personal identity and territorial markers. bruce chatwin traces the aboriginal culture through them.
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