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zuzana_be 's review for:
On The Black Hill
by Bruce Chatwin
Chatwin's magic rests in his capability to transfer you to the country he writes about. So far I have in my bucketlist Patagonia, Australia and now Wales.
This was a quiet story about life of identical twin brothers living in rural Wales through the whole 20th century. Even when they share everything, look the same, feel the same pain, they're not the same characters. Both of them has unique persona, different hobbies. It was quite interesting study of twins - not everything is as it seems. It's not about happy or sad ending, it's about life with all its quirks & features.
Chatwin won James Tait Black Memorial Prize (one of oldest in Britain) for this book, prize which went also to f.e. Angela Carter, Iris Murdoch, Aldous Huxley, etc. - the last one in 2019 went to Olivia Laing - Crudo.
This was a quiet story about life of identical twin brothers living in rural Wales through the whole 20th century. Even when they share everything, look the same, feel the same pain, they're not the same characters. Both of them has unique persona, different hobbies. It was quite interesting study of twins - not everything is as it seems. It's not about happy or sad ending, it's about life with all its quirks & features.
Chatwin won James Tait Black Memorial Prize (one of oldest in Britain) for this book, prize which went also to f.e. Angela Carter, Iris Murdoch, Aldous Huxley, etc. - the last one in 2019 went to Olivia Laing - Crudo.