The Songlines is a somewhat difficult book to characterize.It is to some degree a travel book but Chatwin routinely fictionalized his narratives and the book is in some places referred to as a novel.After a while it veers off into being a collection of (interesting) quotes and occasionally flirts with being a linguistic or anthropological treatise( the least interesting part of the book).
It proves to be a quick and enjoyable read.It's set mostly in Australia, with a lot of detours to Africa.Chatwin's voice is distinctive and engaging but i'd be cautious about he's theorizing.By the time I finished with it, I still had no idea what a Songline is.(It was funny .I tried to see if I could formulate it on the basis of what Chatwin reports.Couldn't do it).
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