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THE SONGLINES
1987rif. 32695London: Jonathan Cape 1987. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in the illustrated dustjacket. 293 pp. A fine copy. 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. Jonathan Cape hardcover
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