Horse Heaven - Brossura

Smiley, Jane

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571205607 ISBN 13: 9780571205608

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

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.

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Descrizione del libro:

Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley is a wonderful novel, putting us among trainers and track brats, horse-obsessed girls, nervy jockeys, billionaire breeds and restless track wives.

L'autore:

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 Hills (2007). Her most recent novel is Private Life (2010). In 2006 Jane Smiley was awarded the PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571205607
• ISBN 13: 9780571205608
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 720