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On The Black Hill (Vintage Classics)
Bruce Chatwin
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Description for On The Black Hill (Vintage Classics)
Paperback. A tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth century.
In depicting the lives of Benjamin and Lewis and their interactions with their small local community Chatwin comments movingly on the larger questions of human experience.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099769712
SKU
9780099769712
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Bruce Chatwin
Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield in 1940. After attending Marlborough School he began work as a porter at Sotheby's. Eight years later, having become one of Sotheby's youngest directors, he abandoned his job to pursue his passion for world travel. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone ... Read more
Reviews for On The Black Hill (Vintage Classics)
His deepest and best book
Independent
When I think of Bruce Chatwin now, I think of the ultimate storyteller. It’s the resonance of the voice and the depth of his vision that makes him one of the truly great writers of our time
Werner Herzog, from 'Bruce Chatwin' by Nicholas Shakespeare Nearly every writer of my generation ... Read more
Independent
When I think of Bruce Chatwin now, I think of the ultimate storyteller. It’s the resonance of the voice and the depth of his vision that makes him one of the truly great writers of our time
Werner Herzog, from 'Bruce Chatwin' by Nicholas Shakespeare Nearly every writer of my generation ... Read more