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The “spellbinding” (Los Angeles Times) second novel by the acclaimed author of The Songlines and In Patagonia
Lewis and Benjamin Jones, identical twins, were born with the century on a farm on the English-Welsh border. For eighty years they live on the farm–sharing the same clothes, tilling the same soil, sleeping in the same bed. Their lives and the lives of their neighbors–farmers, drovers, clergymen, traders, coffin-makers–are only obliquely touched by the chaos of twentieth-century progress. Nevertheless, the twins’ world–a few square miles of countryside–is rich in the oddities, the wonders, and the tragedies of the human experience. In this extraordinary novel, Bruce Chatwin has captured every nuance of the Welsh landscape and of the lives and souls of the people who live there.
Publisher : Penguin Publishing Group (January 25, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143119060
ISBN-13 : 978-0143119067
Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.06 x 0.68 x 7.75 inches
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Customers find the writing style wonderful, rich, and intimate. They also describe the emotional impact as compelling and slow-paced. Readers describe the setting as poignant and rural life in early twentieth-century. However, some find the tone very depressing. Opinions are mixed on the characterization, with some finding them unforgettable and others dismal.
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