{"product_id":"horse-heaven-paperback","title":"Horse Heaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Smiley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK - An \"irresistible [and] beautifully braided tale\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) that spans two years in the lives of thoroughbred breeders and trainers--and of the horses themselves--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Acres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] wise, spirited novel . . . Smiley plumbs the wondrously strange world of horse racing.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Smiley is] one of the premier novelists of her generation, possessed of a mystery of craft and an uncompromising vision.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's not true,\" says a character in Jane Smiley's funny, passionate, and brilliant novel of horse racing, \"that \u003ci\u003eanything \u003c\/i\u003ecan happen at the racetrack,\" but many astonishing and affecting things do--and in \u003ci\u003eHorse Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, we find them woven into a marvelous tapestry of joy and love, trickery, folly, greed, and heroism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMillionaire owners risk more than money. Canny horsemen (and women) learn more than they bargained for. Young girls experience their first innocent love for the beautiful animals. And the horses--nervous or cocky, lucky or doomed--take the hapless, hopeful humans on one very wild ride. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed by \u003ci\u003eSalon \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a remarkable achievement,\" \u003ci\u003eHorse Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is a sprawling masterpiece that revels in the desire and chance that is horse racing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - FINALIST FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK \u003cbr\u003e\"A WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . [IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLY\u003cbr\u003eSTRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING.\" --People \u003cbr\u003e\"ONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a mastery\u003cbr\u003eof craft and an uncompromising vision that grow more powerful with each\u003cbr\u003ebook . . . Racing's eclectic mix of classes and personalities provides\u003cbr\u003eSmiley with fertile soil . . . Expertly juggling storylines, she\u003cbr\u003einvestigates the sexual, social, psychological, and spiritual problems\u003cbr\u003eof wealthy owners, working-class bettors, trainers on the edge of\u003cbr\u003efinancial ruin, and, in a typically bold move, horses.\" \u003cbr\u003e--The Washington Post \u003cbr\u003e\"A NOVEL OF PASSION IN EVERY SENSE . . . [SHE DOES] IT ALL WITH APLOMB .\u003cbr\u003e. . WITH A DEMON NARRATIVE INTELLIGENCE.\" \u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Sunday Globe \u003cbr\u003e\"WITTY, ENERGETIC . . . It's deeply satisfying to read a work of fiction\u003cbr\u003eso informed about its subject and so alive to every nuance and detail .\u003cbr\u003e. . [Smiley's] final chapters have a wonderful restorative quality.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"RICHLY DETAILED, INGENIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED . . . YOU WILL REVEL IN JANE\u003cbr\u003eSMILEY'S HORSE HEAVEN.\"\u003cbr\u003e--San Diego Union-Tribune \u003cbr\u003eChosen by the Los Angeles Times as One of the Best Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Smiley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine previous works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love \u0026amp; Good Will, A Thousand Acres\u003c\/i\u003e (for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize), and \u003ci\u003eMoo\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2001)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53466099548467,"sku":"9780449005415","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/ZUSvRoZIID9780449005415.webp?v=1781869303","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/horse-heaven-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}