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The Songlines
de Chatwin, Bruce
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140094296
- ISBN 13
- 9780140094299
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
U.S.A: Penguin Books, 1988. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Pictorial wrappers designed by Melissa Jacoby; cover engraving by William Blake after a drawing by Philip Kidley King, third governor of New South Wales. Chatwin's journey takes you into the Outback of Australia to learn the meaning of the Aboriginals ancient "Dreaming-tracks". Among fortune hunters, redneck Australians, racist policemen, and mysterious Aboriginal holy men, he finds a wondrous vision of man's place in the world. A blend of travelogue, memoir, history, philosophy, science and meditation. Clean and unmarked cover with a touch of wear to corners; soundly bound with all pages intact. Internals slightly toned, quite clean, no markings of any kind. 294 pages. 7.75 x 5 inches. Penguin Books, USA 1988.
Sinopsis
Follow Chatwin on his journey into the 'Red Centre' of Australia. Part autobiography, part story, part history, part anthropology. Teaches us how Aboriginal Australians perceive their landscapes, and negotiate with each other in that vast, nomadic environment.
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 021425
- Título
- The Songlines
- Autor
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140094296
- ISBN 13
- 9780140094299
- Editorial
- Penguin Books
- Lugar de publicación
- U.S.A
- Fecha de publicación
- 1988
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Palabras clave
- AUSTRALIA OUTBACK ABORIGINALS TRAVELOGUE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY JOURNEYS
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Jacket
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- Trade Paperback
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
