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Description for Horse Heaven
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
In Horse Heaven the universe of horse racing is woven into a marvellous tapestry of joy and love, chicanery, folly, greed and reckless courage. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Jane Smiley's wonderful novel puts us among trainers and track brats, horse-obsessed girls, nervy jockeys, billionaire breeders and restless track wives.
In Horse Heaven the universe of horse racing is woven into a marvellous tapestry of joy and love, chicanery, folly, greed and reckless courage. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Jane Smiley's wonderful novel puts us among trainers and track brats, horse-obsessed girls, nervy jockeys, billionaire breeders and restless track wives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571205608
SKU
KKD0002132
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles and grew up in St Louis, Missouri. In 1992 she won the Pulitzer Prize for A Thousand Acres, for which she also won the National Book Critics' Circle Award. Her other novels include Moo (1995), Horse Heaven (2000), which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, Good Faith (2003) and Ten Days in the ... Read more
Reviews for Horse Heaven
"'The best living American novelist.' Observer 'The strange, compelling and mysterious universe of horse racing has never before been depicted with such verve and originality, such tenderness and exuberance. Massive, thrillingly articulated, unfailingly intelligent and warmly humorous. She is the most perfect vindication of the realist novel, of the speaking voice. In her sensuous responsiveness to the facts of the ... Read more