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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399562966
ISBN-139780399562969
eBay Product ID (ePID)8050430327
Product Key Features
Book TitleHorse : a Novel
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicAnimals, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorGeraldine Brooks
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-039672
ReviewsAdvance praise for Horse : "This is historical fiction at its finest, connecting threads of the past with the present to illuminate that essentially human something . . . Calling all horse girls: This is the story of the most important racehorse you've never heard of, but it's also so much more than that." -- Good Housekeeping "With exceptional characterizations, Pulitzer Prize-winner Brooks tells an emotionally impactful tale . . . [The] settings are pitch-perfect, and the story brings to life the important roles filled by Black horsemen in America's past. Brooks also showcases the magnificent beauty and competitive spirit of Lexington himself." -- Booklist (starred review) "Brooks probes our understanding of history to reveal the power structures that create both the facts and the fiction . . . [She] has penned a clever and richly detailed novel about how we commodify, commemorate, and quantify winning in the United States, all through the lens of horse racing." -- Library Journal (starred review) "[A] marvelous novel. Brooks structures the book like a mystery . . . Through Jarret's story, the author reveals the unique and indispensable role Black trainers and jockeys played in the pre-Civil War South . . . Equestrian or no, readers will appreciate Brooks's invitation to linger awhile among beautiful and graceful horses, to see the devotion they engendered in her characters." -- Shelf Awareness "A fascinating saga based on the true story of a famous 19th-century racehorse . . . Brooks's multiple narratives and strong character development captivate, and she soars with the story of Jarret." -- Publishers Weekly "[Brooks] demonstrates imaginative empathy [...] and provides some sardonic correctives to White cluelessness . . . Brooks skillfully [...] demonstrate[s] how the poison of racism lingers. Contemporary parallels are unmistakable . . . Strong storytelling in service of a stinging moral message." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for Geraldine Brooks: "Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive . . . in [her]skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." --Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post "[Brooks] makes a masterly case for the generative power of retelling . . . [her] real accomplishment is that she also enables readers to feel the spirit of the place." -- The New York Times "There's something bordering on the supernatural about Geraldine Brooks. She seems able to transport herself back to earlier time periods, to time travel. Sometimes, reading her work, she draws you so thoroughly into another era that you swear she's actually lived in it. With sensory acuity and a deep and complex understanding of emotional states, she conjures up the way we lived then . . . enrapturing." -- The Boston Globe, Advance praise for Horse : "[Brooks] demonstrates imaginative empathy [...] and provides some sardonic correctives to White cluelessness . . . Brooks skillfully [...] demonstrate[s] how the poison of racism lingers. Contemporary parallels are unmistakable . . . Strong storytelling in service of a stinging moral message." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) Praise for Geraldine Brooks: "Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive . . . in [her]skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." --Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post "[Brooks] makes a masterly case for the generative power of retelling . . . [her] real accomplishment is that she also enables readers to feel the spirit of the place." -- The New York Times "There's something bordering on the supernatural about Geraldine Brooks. She seems able to transport herself back to earlier time periods, to time travel. Sometimes, reading her work, she draws you so thoroughly into another era that you swear she's actually lived in it. With sensory acuity and a deep and complex understanding of emotional states, she conjures up the way we lived then . . . enrapturing." -- The Boston Globe, Advance praise for Horse : " Horse isn't just an animal story--it's a moving narrative about race and art." -- TIME "This is historical fiction at its finest, connecting threads of the past with the present to illuminate that essentially human something . . . Calling all horse girls: This is the story of the most important racehorse you've never heard of, but it's also so much more than that." -- Good Housekeeping "With exceptional characterizations, Pulitzer Prize-winner Brooks tells an emotionally impactful tale . . . [The] settings are pitch-perfect, and the story brings to life the important roles filled by Black horsemen in America's past. Brooks also showcases the magnificent beauty and competitive spirit of Lexington himself." -- Booklist (starred review) "Brooks probes our understanding of history to reveal the power structures that create both the facts and the fiction . . . [She] has penned a clever and richly detailed novel about how we commodify, commemorate, and quantify winning in the United States, all through the lens of horse racing." -- Library Journal (starred review) "[A] marvelous novel. Brooks structures the book like a mystery . . . Through Jarret's story, the author reveals the unique and indispensable role Black trainers and jockeys played in the pre-Civil War South . . . Equestrian or no, readers will appreciate Brooks's invitation to linger awhile among beautiful and graceful horses, to see the devotion they engendered in her characters." -- Shelf Awareness "A fascinating saga based on the true story of a famous 19th-century racehorse . . . Brooks's multiple narratives and strong character development captivate, and she soars with the story of Jarret." -- Publishers Weekly "[Brooks] demonstrates imaginative empathy [...] and provides some sardonic correctives to White cluelessness . . . Brooks skillfully [...] demonstrate[s] how the poison of racism lingers. Contemporary parallels are unmistakable . . . Strong storytelling in service of a stinging moral message." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for Geraldine Brooks: "Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive . . . in [her]skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." --Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post "[Brooks] makes a masterly case for the generative power of retelling . . . [her] real accomplishment is that she also enables readers to feel the spirit of the place." -- The New York Times "There's something bordering on the supernatural about Geraldine Brooks. She seems able to transport herself back to earlier time periods, to time travel. Sometimes, reading her work, she draws you so thoroughly into another era that you swear she's actually lived in it. With sensory acuity and a deep and complex understanding of emotional states, she conjures up the way we lived then . . . enrapturing." -- The Boston Globe, Advance praise for Horse : "This is historical fiction at its finest, connecting threads of the past with the present to illuminate that essentially human something . . . Calling all horse girls: This is the story of the most important racehorse you've never heard of, but it's also so much more than that." -- Good Housekeeping "With exceptional characterizations, Pulitzer Prize-winner Brooks tells an emotionally impactful tale . . . [The] settings are pitch-perfect, and the story brings to life the important roles filled by Black horsemen in America's past. Brooks also showcases the magnificent beauty and competitive spirit of Lexington himself." -- Booklist (starred review) "Brooks probes our understanding of history to reveal the power structures that create both the facts and the fiction . . . [She] has penned a clever and richly detailed novel about how we commodify, commemorate, and quantify winning in the United States, all through the lens of horse racing." -- Library Journal (starred review) "A fascinating saga based on the true story of a famous 19th-century racehorse . . . Brooks's multiple narratives and strong character development captivate, and she soars with the story of Jarret." -- Publishers Weekly "[Brooks] demonstrates imaginative empathy [...] and provides some sardonic correctives to White cluelessness . . . Brooks skillfully [...] demonstrate[s] how the poison of racism lingers. Contemporary parallels are unmistakable . . . Strong storytelling in service of a stinging moral message." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for Geraldine Brooks: "Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive . . . in [her]skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." --Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post "[Brooks] makes a masterly case for the generative power of retelling . . . [her] real accomplishment is that she also enables readers to feel the spirit of the place." -- The New York Times "There's something bordering on the supernatural about Geraldine Brooks. She seems able to transport herself back to earlier time periods, to time travel. Sometimes, reading her work, she draws you so thoroughly into another era that you swear she's actually lived in it. With sensory acuity and a deep and complex understanding of emotional states, she conjures up the way we lived then . . . enrapturing." -- The Boston Globe, Advance praise for Horse : " Horse isn't just an animal story--it's a moving narrative about race and art." -- TIME "This is historical fiction at its finest, connecting threads of the past with the present to illuminate that essentially human something . . . Calling all horse girls: This is the story of the most important racehorse you've never heard of, but it's also so much more than that." -- Good Housekeeping "Brooks is such a sharp pleasure to read . . . her research is meticulous, but she wears it lightly. And she writes supple, vigorous prose . . . she sees a universal condition that transcends the boundary lines of time and place . . . in short, she operates one of the best time machines around." -- Garden & Gun "With exceptional characterizations, Pulitzer Prize-winner Brooks tells an emotionally impactful tale . . . [The] settings are pitch-perfect, and the story brings to life the important roles filled by Black horsemen in America's past. Brooks also showcases the magnificent beauty and competitive spirit of Lexington himself." -- Booklist (starred review) "Brooks probes our understanding of history to reveal the power structures that create both the facts and the fiction . . . [She] has penned a clever and richly detailed novel about how we commodify, commemorate, and quantify winning in the United States, all through the lens of horse racing." -- Library Journal (starred review) "[A] marvelous novel. Brooks structures the book like a mystery . . . Through Jarret's story, the author reveals the unique and indispensable role Black trainers and jockeys played in the pre-Civil War South . . . Equestrian or no, readers will appreciate Brooks's invitation to linger awhile among beautiful and graceful horses, to see the devotion they engendered in her characters." -- Shelf Awareness "A fascinating saga based on the true story of a famous 19th-century racehorse . . . Brooks's multiple narratives and strong character development captivate, and she soars with the story of Jarret." -- Publishers Weekly "[Brooks] demonstrates imaginative empathy [...] and provides some sardonic correctives to White cluelessness . . . Brooks skillfully [...] demonstrate[s] how the poison of racism lingers. Contemporary parallels are unmistakable . . . Strong storytelling in service of a stinging moral message." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[A] sweeping exploration of racial injustice." -- Electric Literature Praise for Geraldine Brooks: "Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive . . . in [her]skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." --Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post "[Brooks] makes a masterly case for the generative power of retelling . . . [her] real accomplishment is that she also enables readers to feel the spirit of the place." -- The New York Times "There's something bordering on the supernatural about Geraldine Brooks. She seems able to transport herself back to earlier time periods, to time travel. Sometimes, reading her work, she draws you so thoroughly into another era that you swear she's actually lived in it. With sensory acuity and a deep and complex understanding of emotional states, she conjures up the way we lived then . . . enrapturing." -- The Boston Globe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823.92
Synopsis"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." -- The New York Times Book Review " Horse isn't just an animal story--it's a moving narrative about race and art." -- TIME " A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion--you just can't look away." -- Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award - Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize - A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850 . An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954 . Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019 . Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism., "Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." -- The New York Times Book Review " Horse isn't just an animal story--it's a moving narrative about race and art." -- TIME "A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion--you just can't look away." -- Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850 . An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954 . Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019 . Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.
LC Classification NumberPR9619.3.B7153H67
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- 22. Jan. 2025
Excellent read
The book flips from pre Civil War to 2019 with 2 comparisons of the same horse. One when the horse was alive and the other when they study the bone structure of this magnificent horse. It is history with a fictional love story to keep your interest. Strongly recommend the book, provided you keep an open mind to the Australian author’s personal opinions of US political history.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 27. Nov. 2022
Horse
Author did an excellent job researching the subject called “Horse.” Could not hardly put the book down. Would make a great movie.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Okt. 2024
I can’t give a review yet since I’ve only read the first 2 chapters. But so far I really enjoy it & I’m not a big fan of reading or horses!
The book looks almost brand new on the outside. The person who had it before did make marks on the inside which I don’t mind at all except that they put lines through some of the text. Fortunately, so far I have been able to still read what it says.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 08. Jun. 2023
Both the noun and the verb, Race, play an important role in this semi-fictional noval.
A must read. Excellent writing. Very compelling story.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 07. Apr. 2025
Book was in great shape for being used....
Book was in great shape for being used.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Mär. 2024
Great Read
Wonderful book that blends fact with fiction in a very compelling way. Loved every page.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Jul. 2022
Great Read
Great historical novel by one of my favorite authors.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 23. Apr. 2025
The book looks good, cover, pages. It w...
The book looks good, cover, pages. It was right in time.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Feb. 2025
Excellent story
Wonderful book and a great read.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 05. Aug. 2022
Compelling story of horses and race in Civil War America
This book is an intriguing story of historical fiction.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
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