Jane Smiley
Horse Heaven
A Novel
Ebook (EPUB Format)
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . [IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLYSTRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING. --PeopleONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a masteryof craft and an uncompromising vision that grow more powerful with eachbook . . . Racing's eclectic mix of classes and personalities providesSmiley with fertile soil . . . Expertly juggling storylines, sheinvestigates the sexual, social, psychological, and spiritual problemsof wealthy owners, working-class bettors, trainers on the edge offinancial ruin, and, in a typically bold move, horses. --The Washington PostA NOV…
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . [IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLYSTRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING. --PeopleONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a masteryof craft and an uncompromising vision that grow more powerful with eachbook . . . Racing's eclectic mix of classes and personalities providesSmiley with fertile soil . . . Expertly juggling storylines, sheinvestigates the sexual, social, psychological, and spiritual problemsof wealthy owners, working-class bettors, trainers on the edge offinancial ruin, and, in a typically bold move, horses. --The Washington PostA NOVEL OF PASSION IN EVERY SENSE . . . [SHE DOES] IT ALL WITH APLOMB .. . WITH A DEMON NARRATIVE INTELLIGENCE. --The Boston Sunday GlobeWITTY, ENERGETIC . . . It's deeply satisfying to read a work of fictionso informed about its subject and so alive to every nuance and detail .. . [Smiley's] final chapters have a wonderful restorative quality.--The New York Times Book ReviewRICHLY DETAILED, INGENIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED . . . YOU WILL REVEL IN JANESMILEY'S HORSE HEAVEN.--San Diego Union-TribuneChosen by the Los Angeles Times as One of the Best Books of the Year
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-375-41266-0
- EAN: 9780375412660
- Produktnummer: 15720257
- Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 592 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'460 KB
Über den Autor
Jane Smiley is the author of nine previous works of fiction, including The Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love & Good Will, A Thousand Acres (for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize), and Moo. She lives in northern California.
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