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.
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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.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket lightly chipped at corners and tips. Boards have only light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Pencil notation on fep.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First American edition. Slightly cocked else near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with toning and short tears.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Chatwin on the half-title page. Dustjacket with faint beginning toning. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Chatwin's third book, second novel.