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“Awesome story rich with history and real stories. I totally enjoyed learning what the songlines are and how they are seen by the Aboriginals and those outsiders. Very touching in certain places.”
Runa wrote this review Sunday, May 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Something about singing.”
Anne M wrote this review Sunday, June 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Walking is everything! A wonderfully interesting (fiction and non-fiction) book about some of the insights that the Australian aborigines can provide modern-day man (and also deals with their plight). I don't necessarily "buy" all his conclusions, but they are fun/interesting to contemplate. The concept of singing the land into existence is a wonderful one.”
muque and shylock tomes wrote this review Monday, May 19 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Just finished reading it. Enjoyed the ride. I particularly liked the way he integrated his accumulated notes from different journeys in the book. It made the purpose of the Aboriginee singing somehow clearer. A clever move imho”
Rutger L wrote this review Saturday, April 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Chatwin is so diverse in his subjects.. This is one of my favorite books of his, covering the aboriginal tribes of Australia by using the stories of their songlines. A people remarkably close in recent history to primitive talents, seeing and sensing over huge distances, tracking and providing for their nomadic families, the aborigines remain a world away from me. Bruce Chatwin gave me the closest experience I'll ever have (next to the famous mysteries of the late Arthur Upfield) of their rich culture, long suppressed.”
Diana L wrote this review Friday, January 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I started reading the notes on nomads, but after a while they got too much - I wanted to get on with the story proper. I love this book.”
Josee wrote this review Friday, November 30 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Ethnocentric! A white man's account of the Aboriginal experience. Too anthropological and too academic. A good thing to read to understand a white man's view of the "savages." This book is what's wrong when academia (white men) involves itself in qualifying other ways of life. ”
Taylor wrote this review Friday, July 27 2007. ( reply | view 2 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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