The Songlines

Literature & Fiction

bruce-chatwin

Contemporary

Vintage

Patagonia - the name calls to mind giants and outlaws, Magellan's dog-headed monsters, natives whose heads steam when they eat pudding. Called 'the uttermost part of the Earth', Patagonia is the stretch of land at the southern tip of South America. Bruce Chatwin's account of his own Quest or Wonder Voyage through this strange region put him on the map as one of the finest travel writers of the last century.

In Patagonia (Vintage Classics)

Biographies & Memoirs

The Viceroy of Ouidah (Vintage Classics)

VINTAGE (RAND)

On the Black Hill [Paperback]

Vintage, UK

In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Gandhi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.

What Am I Doing Here?

Arts & Literature

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.

Travel

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Bruce Chatwin's bestselling novel traces the fortunes of the enigmatic and unconventional hero, Kaspar Utz. Despite the restrictions of Cold War Czechoslovakia, Utz asserts his individuality through his devotion to his precious collection of Meissen porcelain. Although Utz is permitted to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each time, he is not allowed to take his porcelain with him and so he always returns to his Czech home, a prisoner both of the Communist state and of his collection.

Utz: As Seen on BBC Between the Covers

Literary

Vintage/Ebury (a Division of R

Evocative descriptions, notes on the history of the region, and remarkable anecdotes from a remote and starkly beautiful part of the world.
 "A travel book to stand on the shelf with Graham Greene, Somerset Maugham, and Paul Theroux." --The New York Times Book Review

In Patagonia

South America

Penguin (Non-Classics)

Gathers articles about travel in Uganda, the Sahara, the Sudan, China, Siam, Taiwan, Saigon, Italy, Warsaw, and Moscow

Granta 26, Spring, 1989: Travel

Ryszard Kapuściński

Bill-Bryson

John Ryle

Classics

Granta USA

Penguin??Books

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