A Year at the Races - Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money and Luck

Informationen zum Autor Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles and grew up in St Louis, Missouri. In 1992 she won the Pulitzer Prize for A Thousand Acres , for which she also won the National Book Critics' Circle Award. Her other novels include Moo (1995), Horse Heaven (2000), which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, Good Faith (2003) and Ten Days in the Hills (2007). Her most recent novel is Private Life (2010). In 2006 Jane Smiley was awarded the PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. Klappentext Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley draws upon her first-hand knowledge to examine the horse on all levels - practical, theoretical and emotional. Drawing on the wisdom of trainers, vets, jockeys and a real-life horse whisperer, she adds an element of drama and suspense as two of her own horses begin their careers at the racetrack. A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money and Luck by Jane Smiley is an enchanting and informative account of what it's like to own, train and root for a racehorse, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Zusammenfassung Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley draws upon her first-hand knowledge to examine the horse on all levels - practical, theoretical and emotional. Drawing on the wisdom of trainers, vets, jockeys and a real-life horse whisperer, she adds an element of drama and suspense as two of her own horses begin their careers at the racetrack.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Smiley, Smiley Jane
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2005
• EAN: 9780571226078
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22607-8
• No. of pages: 287
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Faber & Faber Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Guides > Nature > Horses, riding; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Pferdesport, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Horses & ponies, Horses & ponies: general interest, Entertainment; Horses