On the Black Hill (Picador Books)
Registered by kittiwake on 9/12/2005
9 journalers for this copy...
I have a vague idea that I may have read this before, but I can't see myself ever getting round to it again, so it's time to pass it on.
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 20th 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.
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 20th 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.
Journal Entry 2 by kittiwake at Hudson's, 122-124 Colmore Row in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (10/22/2005 UTC) at Hudson's, 122-124 Colmore Row in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
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To be released at Saturday's meet.
To be released at Saturday's meet.
Journal Entry 3 by Heaven-Ali from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, October 22, 2005
I was presuaded to pick this up today at the meet up, by someone telling me I'd love it, the first sentence certainly intrigued me.
Journal Entry 4 by Heaven-Ali from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 1, 2006
A lovely - if rather sad book, the story of identical twin brothers Lewis and Benjamin on the hill farm on the English Welsh boarder where they live their whole lives. It's a touching story of a traditional welsh commuinity, farming and brotherly devotion - that often feels disabling. Loved it - thanks Isobel for bringing it to Hudsons so I could pick it up.
Journal Entry 5 by Heaven-Ali from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, February 11, 2006
Book ring starting soon
List (not final yet)
Arwen-Galadriel -(Canada) (Int.)
Thursday5 US (US)
squeakychu - US (US)
Guinneth - US (US)
Amyms88 - US (US)
moraelyn -US (US)-it's here
arugh48187 -US (US)
PRCS - Canada (US/Can)
Joanthro - US (Int.)
Olifant - Neth (Eur)
Katisha50 - UK (UK)
Sjr1969 - UK (UK)
xanthe-pup -UK (?)
Sadogs - UK -(Uk/Eur)
Tagesmann - UK (UK)
Back to me Heaven-Ali
Have delayed trip to post office will be sending out Feb 17th
List (not final yet)
Arwen-Galadriel -(Canada) (Int.)
Thursday5 US (US)
squeakychu - US (US)
Guinneth - US (US)
Amyms88 - US (US)
moraelyn -US (US)-it's here
arugh48187 -US (US)
PRCS - Canada (US/Can)
Joanthro - US (Int.)
Olifant - Neth (Eur)
Katisha50 - UK (UK)
Sjr1969 - UK (UK)
xanthe-pup -UK (?)
Sadogs - UK -(Uk/Eur)
Tagesmann - UK (UK)
Back to me Heaven-Ali
Have delayed trip to post office will be sending out Feb 17th
Received in the mail and will read asap. Will journal more once I have finished. So far so good though.
Finished the book on the weekend and will send off to the next person as soon as I get an address. As for my thoughts...
I really enjoyed this book, even if it was rather sad. I found that I could relate to the need to experience more than what you currently are and the need/desire to get away to experience that big world of ours. I very much enjoyed the part where the brothers got to experience flying for the first time. I am definately glad that I got a chance to read and would definately encourage people to do the same.
I really enjoyed this book, even if it was rather sad. I found that I could relate to the need to experience more than what you currently are and the need/desire to get away to experience that big world of ours. I very much enjoyed the part where the brothers got to experience flying for the first time. I am definately glad that I got a chance to read and would definately encourage people to do the same.
sent book on Saturday to the next participant, happy travels little book!
Book arrived in the mail today-thanks Arwen-Galadriel. I look forward to reading it! I will read it as soon as I can. I'm a fast reader but another bookring book arrived today too so it might be a few weeks.
The author evokes a strong sense of place and paints an image of human lives that in their bleakness becomes epic. This is a book that will linger in the mind. Thank you Heaven-Ali for sharing this book. I will PM squeakychu for her address so I can send this on.
Sent off to SqueakyChu today. I enclosed a bookmark featuring the postal stamps from another bookcrossing bookring package. I had to ask for stamps-otherwise they would have given me a white computer generated label for the postage.
I just got the book in the mail today. Please bear with me as I try to finish the two books I'm reading now and one other bookring before I begin this book. I'll try to move forward as quickly as I can.
I enjoyed reading your post card, Ali. Thanks for sharing this book with all of us.
I got your bookmark, Thursday5. What a great idea! I'll be sure to use it. Thanks so much!
I enjoyed reading your post card, Ali. Thanks for sharing this book with all of us.
I got your bookmark, Thursday5. What a great idea! I'll be sure to use it. Thanks so much!
I didn't even realize that I liked this book until I finished it. At one point, I wanted to give up reading it because it had too many characters who came and went--all with such short and choppy descriptions of each character's life. It wasn't until the very end of the book, when the last few chapters summed up the twins' lives in just the right way, did I realize what a beautiful book this indeed was.
Thanks for sharing it, Heaven-Ali. For sure, this is not a book I'd ever have read had you not recommended it so highly on the Bookring forum.
It's now in the mail to Guinneth in New Hampshire.
Those are periwinkles from my garden on the packing slip!
Thanks for sharing it, Heaven-Ali. For sure, this is not a book I'd ever have read had you not recommended it so highly on the Bookring forum.
It's now in the mail to Guinneth in New Hampshire.
Those are periwinkles from my garden on the packing slip!
Received this today - thanks for sending it on, SqueakyChu! The periwinkles are lovely, and shall make a wonderful bookmark. Thanks for those, too. :)
I am between books as of last night, so I will start in on this right away.
I am between books as of last night, so I will start in on this right away.
Just a quick update: I am two thirds (or thereabout) of the way through and hope to finish this and get it sent off to Amyms88 before I leave on vacation this Saturday. If I don't meet that goal, I haven't decided whether I'll bring it with me to finish and mail from San Francisco or wait until I return. Either way, the book will be moving again within 2 weeks.
I'm really enjoying it thus far!
I'm really enjoying it thus far!
This was a good book that very much evoked the time and place it was set in. I loved the fact that I felt immersed in rural Welsh life (something I knew nothing about before reading this, although my paternal grandmother's people were from Wales.) What I found sad about the story was not so much the brothers' insulated lives, but rather the passing of an era, expressed by the next generation selling off their mother's heirlooms. It made me think of the decline of all the old farms, and with them a way of life.Thank you for sharing yet another good book, Heaven-Ali. I'm sure I would not have read this one without Bookcrossing.
Sending this on to Amyms88 tomorrow.
5/26/06: Delivery confirmation# 0305 2710 0000 7240 0261
Got this today. Thanks for including me! I'll read it and get it back out as soon as I can!
I thought this story was touching and a little sad. I had a rough time of it at first but did get into it eventually and ended up liking it a lot. I always like stories that span a lifetime so you can see how the person changes and grows over the years.
thanks for letting me join this ring! I've PM'd moraelyn and will send it on as soon as I get the address.
thanks for letting me join this ring! I've PM'd moraelyn and will send it on as soon as I get the address.
Sorry for the major delay; there are some things going on in life right now that I've been dealing with. This is going out to Moraelyn tomorrow.
Received this earlier this week, looks like it got lost in the mail for awhile, but it is safe! I have a couple other rings ahead of it, but I hope to get to it in short order.
Journal Entry 21 by Heaven-Ali from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, July 8, 2007
As I have heard nothing from this book in 8 months I can only assume it has come to a halt. Sorry to anyone expecting to recieve it - and thank you to everyone who has taken part so far and passed the book on.
Journal Entry 22 by Heaven-Ali from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The ring continues thanks to soffitta1 who bookmooched a copy and has registered it and sending it to Katisha50 to continue the ring.
On the Black Hill ring
On the Black Hill ring
This book has washed ashore at the Lost Book Island after not being heard from for many months. This new arrival will be shown to a room and be allowed a bit of rest before being introduced to the many fun things to do here at the island.All around there are books sipping cool drinks under shady palms while other books participate in a wide variety of beach sports. There is plenty of sand, surf and sun here for all of the lost and wayward books to enjoy.
It is hoped that very soon a new journal entry will come to rescue this book from the island and send it back out into the BookCrossing world so that it may continue on its journey. It is hoped that the new journal entry will tell all the interested parties where this book has been this long time and where it will be traveling to next.
