On the Black Hill - Hardcover
Identical twins Lewis and Benjamin Jones farm their Welsh Borders property, "The Vision," for half a century, their vigor, pain, angers, and involvements leading them to a sense of salvation
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Bruce Chatwin's fascination with nomads and wanderlust represents itself in reverse in On the Black Hill, a tale of two brothers (identical twins) who never go anywhere. They stay in the farmhouse on the English-Welsh border where they were born, tilling the rough soil and sleeping in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advance of the 20th century. Smacking of a Welsh Ethan Frome, Chatwin evokes the lonely tragedies of farm life, and above all the vibrant land of Wales.
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A masterpiece, a chronicle of ordinary lives told with extraordinary insight. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"A masterpiece, a chronicle of ordinary lives told with extraordinary insight." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Totally alive . . . a spellbinding portrayal of the unbreakable link between nature and the human spirit."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review "A masterpiece, a chronicle of ordinary lives told with extraordinary insight." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Scene after scene is brought to life with an enraptured attention that causes them to glow with an almost visionary light. The New York Times Book Review
Remarkable like a beautiful old quilt, made up of bright vivid patches, with scenes that surprise and delight and seem absolutely true. People
A rare book, one of those splendid evocations of place made so justifiably famous by masters of the British novel in the past century: George Eliot, Hardy, Lawrence Houston Post
""A masterpiece, a chronicle of ordinary lives told with extraordinary insight." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Scene after scene is brought to life with an enraptured attention that causes them to glow with an almost visionary light." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Remarkable...like a beautiful old quilt, made up of bright vivid patches, with scenes that surprise and delight and seem absolutely true."-- People
"A rare book, one of those splendid evocations of place made so justifiably famous by masters of the British novel in the past century: George Eliot, Hardy, Lawrence"-- Houston Post
"Totally alive . . . a spellbinding portrayal of the unbreakable link between nature and the human spirit."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review "A masterpiece, a chronicle of ordinary lives told with extraordinary insight." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Scene after scene is brought to life with an enraptured attention that causes them to glow with an almost visionary light." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Remarkable...like a beautiful old quilt, made up of bright vivid patches, with scenes that surprise and delight and seem absolutely true."-- People
"A rare book, one of those splendid evocations of place made so justifiably famous by masters of the British novel in the past century: George Eliot, Hardy, Lawrence."-- Houston Post
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0670524921
- ISBN 13 9780670524921
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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