'Extraordinary - a remarkable and satisfying book' Observer
Beschreibung
The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. Along these lines Aboriginals passed the songs which revealed the creation of the land and the secrets of its past. In this magical account Chatwin recalls his travels across the length and breadth of Australia seeking to find the truth about the songs and unravel the mysteries of their stories.
Rezension
"That Chatwin is one of the most distinct and original writers we have is confirmed by the publication of another quite remarkable book" Nicholas Shakespeare Sunday Telegraph
Klappentext
Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield in 1940. After attending Marlborough School he began work as a porter at Sotheby's. Eight years later, having become one of Sotheby's youngest directors, he abandoned his job to pursue his passion for world travel. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six months.' This trip inspired the first of Chatwin's books, In Patagonia, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E. M. Forster Award and launched his writing career. Two of his books have been made into feature films: The Viceroy of Ouidah (retitled Cobra Verde), directed by Werner Herzog, and Andrew Grieve's On the Black Hill. On publication The Songlines went straight to Number 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller list and remained in the top ten for nine months. On the Black Hill won the Whitbread First Novel Award while his novel Utz was nominated for the 1988 Booker Prize. He died in January 1989, aged forty-eight.
Biografie
Bruce Chatwin, 1940 in Sheffield geboren, arbeitete als Journalist bei der "Sunday Times", dann als Leiter der Abteilung für Impressionismus bei Sotheby's. Ausgedehnte Reisen seit 1962 führten ihn nach Afghanistan, in die Sowjetunion, nach Osteuropa, Westafrika, Lateinamerika, Australien. Neben Reisebüchern, hat Chatwin Romane und Essays geschrieben. Bruce Chatwin starb 1989 in Nizza.
