On the Black Hill (Paperback) 9780140068962

from PilgrimJess

This story is about identical twins Benjamin and Lewis Jones growing up and living on a farm in rural Wales and in many ways is a study of the ordinary unremarkable lives that many people live or certainly used to. Chatwin paints a beautiful picture of the quiet life where very little ever happen...

from limoncello

It is ages since I read a book by Bruce Chatwin and I'd forgotten how much I love his writing. This is a wonderful story of "twinism" if there is such a word. It is compelling and lyrical and I found it hard to put down once I had started it.

from amerynth

Having read and loved "In Patagonia," I was curious to see if Bruce Chatwin's fiction stood up to his travel writing. I wasn't disappointed, as "On The Black Hill was a delightful novel. The book tells the story of Lewis and Benjamin Jones, identical twins who grow up on "The Vision," a farm in W...

from laytonwoman3rd

The leisurely story of the lives of identical twin brothers Lewis and Benjamin, who spent almost all of their 80 years together on the family holding near the Welsh border, keeping body and soul together with hard work. This is not so much a novel as a photo album...we get marvelously detailed de...

from Wassilissa

Auf dem schwarzen Berg liegt der Bauernhof "The Vision" in Wales. Dort leben seit ihrer Geburt um 1900 die beiden Zwillingsbrüder Lewis und Benjamin Jones. Die wenigen Versuche, den Berg zu verlassen und ein eigenständiges Leben zu beginnen, gelingen nicht. Zusehr sind die beiden Brüder voneinnad...