Name: TRACKS
ISBN: 9788792884596

Robyn Davidson

I selskab med fire kameler og en hund går den unge Robyn Davidson 2000 kilometer tværs over det halve Australien, igennem ørkener, bjergegne og øde områder ud til Det indiske Ocean.

Egne Veje

TRACKS

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE "I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back." So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company. Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery and transformation.

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Wynter

An inspiring journey of solitude and self-discovery, which I can relate to greatly. Because of her contempt for media and myth-making that had surrounded Davidson throughout her journey, she doesn't indulge into too many personal details. She often felt disgruntled at others as they invaded her privacy, and it shows through her writing even toward the reader. It seems that she is somewhat forced to open up this personal odyssey to prying eyes, and to conserve at least some secrets she discovered along the way, she chooses to omit important explanations. For example, there is very little evidence to what moved her to undertake a perilous crossing of a desert by herself. The movie has a few more hints on Robyn's motivations, but the book keeps mum. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the author's philosophical descriptions of Australian nature, the plight of indigenous population, and her relationship with the camels and the dog she took along.

The author recounts her almost two-thousand mile journey across Australia with nothing but a dog and some camels for company.

A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

Erin 

I was so ready to give this 2 stars when I was nearly done because while it was not a bad book (quite good actually I would imagine) it simply is not my kind of read and overall I had to drag myself to finish it. That being said, I couldn't. It seemed too disrespectful after this long, beautiful, and occasionally disastrous journey that Robyn went on. I read this for a book club, and after reading I can confirm that I never would have picked it up on my own, and I haven't changed my mind about that. It just isn't within my range of interests at the moment. But I can appreciate all the work that went into its creation, and can recognise that simply by the book existing, it morphs the memory of the journey into a mere story.

Avery

Tanlyn Roelofs

Ellen Watters

Les voyages avec des chameaux n'ont ni debut ni fi n, ils ne font que changer d'apparence. Robyn Davidson, que l'on surnomme dans son pays la Camel Lady, n'a pas usurpe son titre. Alors qu'elle n'a jamais tenu un marteau, reprise des chaussettes, change un pneu ou utilise un tournevis, elle debarque en 1975 a Alice Springs, au beau milieu de l'Australie, avec cinq dollars en poche et un reve un peu fou: apprivoiser et domestiquer des chameaux pour traverser le desert. Une fois prete, elle s'embarque pour ce voyage perilleux avec Dookie, Bub, Zeleika et Goliath, ses chameaux. Elle veut defi er le monde moderne en vivant au rythme de la societe aborigene traditionnelle et tester ses propres limites. Au bout du chemin, elle trouve refuge dans un modeste appartement londonien ou elle entreprend d'ecrire le recit de son aventure. Tracks parait en Australie en 1980, et devient un culte de la litterature de voyage, au meme titre qu'En Patagonie de Bruce Chatwin. Le livre fort et captivant d'une jeune femme originale et libre... Il trouvera sa place parmi les meilleurs livres d'exploration et de voyage et temoigne du depassement et de la decouverte de soi. - Doris Lessing Traduit de l'anglais (Australie) par Bernardine Cheviron-Poylo

Traduit de L'Anglais (Australie) Par Bernardine Cheviron-Poylo

Vivian

Kate Gravelle

The international bestseller of one woman's solo trek across 1,700 miles of Australian Outback.

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