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The Horse: A Novel by Willy Vlautin

• The Horse: A Novel
• Willy Vlautin
• Page: 208
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9780063346598
• Publisher: HarperCollins

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Winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize Finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book Award “Willy Vlautin writes about people overlooked by society and overlooked by literature. In The Horse, he tells the story of a tenderhearted man who has a steady talent and a crushing addiction. It is both a work of extraordinary compassion and a really great novel." — Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake “A moving tale of suffering and redemption, The Horse portrays the immense gravity of what it takes to be human in tough times, and the elusive grace that might just be grasped from music, animals, and memory.” — Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of Horse Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, regret, and hard-won empathy in this poignant novel—his most personal to date—that captures the life of a journeyman musician unable to escape the tragedies of his past. Al Ward lives on an isolated mining claim in the high desert of central Nevada fifty miles from the nearest town. A grizzled man in his sixties, he survives on canned soup, instant coffee, and memories of his ex-wife, friends and family he’s lost, and his life as a touring musician. Hampered by insomnia, bouts of anxiety, and a chronic lethargy that keeps him from moving back to town, Al finds himself teetering on the edge of madness and running out of reasons to go on—until a horse arrives on his doorstep: nameless, blind, and utterly helpless. Al hopes the horse will vanish as mysteriously as he appeared. Yet the animal remains, leaving him in a conundrum. Is the animal real, or a phantom conjured from imagination? As Al contemplates the horse’s existence—and what, if anything, he can do—his thoughts are interspersed with memories, from the moment his mother’s part-time boyfriend gifts him a 1959 butterscotch blonde Telecaster, to the day his travels begin. He joins various bands—all who perform his songs once they discover his talent–playing casinos, truck stops, clubs, and bars. He falls in love, and finds pockets of companionship and minor success along the way. Never close to stardom or financial success, he continues as a journeyman for decades until alcoholism and a heartbreaking tragedy lead him to the solitude of the barren Nevada desert. A poignant meditation on addiction, heartbreak, and the reality of life on the road in smalltime bands, The Horse is a beautiful, haunting tale from an author working at the height of his powers.

Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks – ElCicco Book Review
This novel is set in three distinct time periods linked by a Civil War era thoroughbred named Lexington.
Horse: A Novel - Brooks, Geraldine: Books - Amazon.com
The book about a horse named Lexington is haunting, endearing and informative of a period long gone but still remains in the anils of history, The Horse was a .
Horse Audiobook by Geraldine Brooks - Audible
Audiobook by Geraldine Brooks, narrated by James Fouhey, Lisa Flanagan, Graham Halstead, Katherine Littrell, Michael Obiora. Start listening to Horse on .
Horse: A Novel | The Golden Notebook
Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn't just an animal story—it's a .
Review: Horse, by Geraldine Brooks - Susan Wittig Albert
With her novel People of the Book, gave me all three. With Horse, she's done it again, but this time, she's made me care very deeply about the people she .
HORSE Book Review - A Well-Read Tart
A richly detailed, beautiful blend of historical and contemporary fiction about the famous racing horse, Lexington, and those around him.
Horse by Geraldine Brooks -- BOOK BEGINNINGS - Rose City Reader
opening sentence from Horse, historical fiction from Geraldine Brooks, on Book Beginnings on Fridays, hosted by Rose City Reader.

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