Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989) was the author of In
Patagonia, The Viceroy of Ouidah, On the Black
Hill, The Songlines, and Utz. His other books
are What Am I Doing Here and Anatomy of
Restlessness, posthumous anthologies of shorter works, and Far
Journeys, a collection of his photographs that also includes
selections from his travel notebooks.
Rory Stewart is the author of The Prince of the Marshes and
The Places in Between.
"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."—The Boston GlobeThe riches of The Songlines 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."—Time"No ordinary book ever issues from Bruce Chatwin. Each bears the imprint of a dazzingly original mind."—Newsday
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