{"id":1738,"date":"2021-10-15T17:02:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/artsofplace\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2021-10-15T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:31:12","slug":"on-the-black-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/artsofplace\/bookshelf\/on-the-black-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Black Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bruce Chatwin, 1982.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended by Ellen Addis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the border regions of Herefordshire, in England, and Radnorshire, in Wales, the story follows two identical twin brothers and their lives on a farm called &#8216;The Vision&#8217;. Never leaving home, sleeping in the same bed, and working the rural soil, On the Black Hill tells the beautiful but quietly sad tale of the brothers&#8217; unique bond to each other which is as strong as their tie to the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/artsofplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/10\/51W5p1EpEaL-669x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The cover of Bruce Chatwin's On the Black Hill.\" class=\"wp-image-1739\" width=\"401\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/artsofplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/10\/51W5p1EpEaL-669x1024.jpeg 669w, https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/artsofplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/10\/51W5p1EpEaL-294x450.jpeg 294w, https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/artsofplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/10\/51W5p1EpEaL-300x459.jpeg 300w, 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