The Horse
- Author: Vlautin, Willy
Vlautin's gritty novel....outlines the full circle of destructive creation....Heartbreak is a calling for this balladeer, and `The Horse'...savors its fleeting joys: `When you write a good tune...
The Horse
- Author: Vlautin, Willy
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Vlautin's gritty novel....outlines the full circle of destructive creation....Heartbreak is a calling for this balladeer, and `The Horse'...savors its fleeting joys: `When you write a good tune...
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WINNER OF THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
'Extraordinary.' ANN PATCHETT
'Tremendously compelling.' GUARDIAN
'Bruised and beautiful.' BEN MYERS
'Transcendent.' LA TIMES
Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to be a musician.
Al Ward, an ageing musician, is living on old mining land in Nevada. One morning, a horse arrives outside his home, unable to feed itself or stay safe from coyotes. Six thousand feet up, thirty miles from the nearest town, and broken by alcoholism and anxiety, Al must decide what to do.
A gorgeous journey of a novel, and an unforgettable character study of a lifelong songwriter, The Horse masterfully explores ideas of loneliness, creativity and resilience.
'Another classic from one of America's greatest storytellers.'
JONATHAN EVISON
'A terrific parable of art and aging.'
JESS WALTER
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Vlautin's gritty novel....outlines the full circle of destructive creation....Heartbreak is a calling for this balladeer, and `The Horse'...savors its fleeting joys: `When you write a good tune and you know it's good, and you haven't played it for anyone, it's like holding hope in your pocket
NPR
Musician and Lean on Pete author Willy Vlautin captures the American West like few other writers. His prose is always excellent, his characters always beautifully drawn, and that promises to be the case with his next novel, about an isolated Nevada man in his 60s who is visited by a blind horse that refuses to leave
