{"product_id":"the-songlines-isbn-9780142422571","title":"The Songlines","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe Songlines\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. Set in the desolate lands of the Australian Outback, it tells the story of Chatwin's search for the source and meaning of the ancient \"dreaming tracks\" of the Aborigines—the labyrinth of invisible pathways by which their ancestors \"sang\" the world into existence. This singular book, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller when it was published in 1987, engages all of Chatwin's lifelong passions, including his obsession with travel, his interest in the nomadic way of life, and his hunger to understand man's origins and nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\"A blend of travelogue, memoir, history, philosophy, science, meditation, and commonplace book...Chatwin's astonishing style captures the metamorphoses of his own 'Walkabout'....He takes the travel genre beyond exoticism and the simple picturesque into the metaphysical.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe riches of \u003cb\u003eThe Songlines\u003c\/b\u003e are varied and artfully stashed. Chatwin's physical journey over Australia's parched hide corresponds to his intellectual excursions, which are full of surprising turns.\"—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No ordinary book ever issues from Bruce Chatwin. Each bears the imprint of a dazzingly original mind.\"—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Chatwin\u003c\/b\u003e (1940–1989) was the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Viceroy of Ouidah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Black Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Songlines\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUtz\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books are \u003ci\u003eWhat Am I Doing Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Restlessness\u003c\/i\u003e, posthumous anthologies of shorter works, and \u003ci\u003eFar Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of his photographs that also includes selections from his travel notebooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRory Stewart \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of the Marshes \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Places in Between\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300793700581,"sku":"NP9780142422571","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142422571.jpg?v=1767741590","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-songlines-isbn-9780142422571","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}