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Reprint with author's 2012 postscript. Previously published: New York : Vintage Books, 1995. First published in the United States: New York : Pantheon Books, 1980
Alice sprung -- Shedding burdens -- Little bit long way -- On the far side -- Select bibliography -- Postscript
When Robyn Davidson first set out to make her journey across the deserts of Australia, alone but for her dog and four camels, she was called a lunatic, a would-be suicide, and a shameless publicity seeker. But this high-spirited, engrossing book reveals that she is something more: a genuine traveler 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