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Horse : A novel by Geraldine Brooks is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, & the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, & the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, & injustice across US history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret & a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion & his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. NY City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, & Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Geraldine Brooks
Publisher
Viking, Penguin Random House
Published
2022
Language
EN
ISBN
9780399562983
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical
Rating
4.6 / 5 (25,387 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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