On the Black Hill
The tale of identical twin brothers who toil on the family farm in the wild and vibrant land of Wales and experience the oddities, wonders, and tragedies of human experience.
The tale of identical twin brothers who toil on the family farm in the wild and vibrant land of Wales and experience the oddities, wonders, and tragedies of human experience.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143119067 (0143119060)
Publish date: January 25th 2011
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Family,
Modern,
Modern Classics
my coverDedication: For Francis WyndhamAnd for Diana MellySee that dedication, Diana Melly was the wife of avant garde George Melly, a larger than life English jazz and blues singer, who was always milling around at both the literary and jazz festivals in Hay, and with Dankworth and Lane at Brecon J...
Not the best novel I have ever read, but certainly not the worst. There are colorful characters aplenty as well as intergenerational drama and intrigue. I just couldn't connect to the characters very well, a reflection on myself rather than the quality of writing or storytelling.
This is a nice, quiet little novel to pick up when you don't want anything upsetting or scary or suspenseful to read. It's very much place-driven and character-driven rather than dependent on an exciting plot. Chatwin covered 80 years in 250 pages, so there's no excess prose or boring passages. T...
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