Horse Heaven | Horse Heaven

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Author: Jane Smiley
First Published: 2000
Type of Work: Novel
Time of Work: 1997-1999
Setting: The United States and Europe
Principal Characters: Alexander Maybrick, Rosalind Maybrick, Eileen, Dick Winterson, Audrey Schmidt, Tiffany Morse, Krista Magnelli, Deirdre Donohue, Joy Gorham, Elizabeth Zada, Farley Jones, Buddy Crawford, Leo, Audrey Schmidt, Mr. T, Justa Bob, Residual, Limitless, Froney’s Sis, Epic Steam
Genres: Long fiction
Subjects: United States or Americans, Dogs, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Extrasensory perception or powers, Marriage, Adultery, Depression, mental, 1990’s, Horses, Animals, Horsemanship
Locales: Europe, United States

Jane Smiley is the author of ten works of fiction, including A Thousand Acres (1991), which won the Pulitzer Prize. Her novel Horse Heaven continues her interest in contemporary subcultures—microcosms whose comedies and tragedies throw light on the workings of the larger world. Previously, for instance, her novel Moo (1995) examined the world of the contemporary American university, while in Horse Heaven Smiley turns to the subculture of those who raise and race horses. This is a very big, busy, fluid novel that is almost chaotic in terms of its structure....

Horse Heaven | Horse Heaven

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