Horse Heaven
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786227945 (078622794X)
Publish date: September 1st 2001
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 915
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Animals,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Horses,
Horse Racing
Just loved how Smiley contrasted thoroughbred racing horses - who are born to know what they love and what they are meant to do - with a whole gaggle of self-doubting, identity-conflicted humans. Funny, "sprawling" but controlled, lotsa anthropomorphism but no saccharine sentimentality. Smiley has...
Multi-faceted and drily humorous - not just for horse lovers.
13 years ago
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