Half Track Vehicle
It all starts out on a train platform in Australia. Robyn Davidson shivers in the cool breeze, clutching her canine sidekick, Diggity, wondering why she made the decision to go out into the desert, learn to train camels, and then take three of them across over one thousand miles of Australian outback. This is how Tracks opens, but if you're expecting an epic, 250-page journey, you may be slightly disappointed.
This Epic Journey is Slow to Start
The problem with Tracks is that it markets itself as something that it isn't, at least not entirely. You start reading on the assumption that the author is about to embark upon this massive trek, obviously brave and ready to face the world. What you get, though, is approximately 120 pages (almost half of the entire book) of trip preparation, followed by a very condensed 1,700-mile cross-country trip.
Questioning the Bias of the Narrator
In addition to this lop-sided structure, Davidson states openly that she didn't take any notes or keep journals while on her travels, unlike most travel writers. With this in mind, you can't help but wonder about the story's construction, and about how much of it may be more-than-slightly dramatized.
It is difficult not to think these things, as even during moments during which Davidson claims she was losing her mind, so to speak, she maintains an extreme sense of clarity and works through her problems with such great ease. You cannot help but feel somewhat let down over the fact that you don't get to feel any of those intense emotions, as they are already a thing of the past.
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