Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.
Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks weaves three timelines into one breathtaking story—an enslaved groom and a legendary racehorse in 1850s Kentucky, a mysterious painting in 1954, and modern researchers uncovering forgotten history. A powerful exploration of spirit, obsession, and America’s unfinished reckoning with race.
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Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks comes a magnificent historical novel that braids together three timelines and one extraordinary horse. Horse is a sweeping exploration of spirit, obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with race in America.
The story begins in 1850s Kentucky, where an enslaved groom named Jarret forms a profound bond with a bay foal destined to become the greatest racehorse in American history. Their journey takes them through record-setting victories and the chaos of civil war. Flash forward to 1954 New York, where gallery owner Martha Jackson becomes captivated by a mysterious equestrian painting. Then leap to present-day Washington, DC, where two researchers—a Smithsonian scientist and an art historian—discover unexpected connections through their shared fascination with this legendary stallion.
“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling,” raves The New York Times Book Review, while TIME calls it “a moving narrative about race and art.” Oprah Daily praises it as “a thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty.”
Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, this is Brooks at her finest—weaving together art and science, love and loss, and the untold stories of the Black horsemen whose brilliance shaped racing history. A powerful read that lingers long after the final page.
Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.
A moving narrative about race and art.
A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty.
Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive... in Horse, she astounds again.
A masterpiece of a novel.
Brooks's pacing is impeccable... Powerful.
A thoughtful blend of historical fiction, mystery, and social commentary.
Brooks has a gift for creating characters who seem so real, you expect to bump into them at the coffee shop.
Powerful... A convincing novel about the terrible costs of racism.
An ambitious, provocative novel.
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| Dimensions | 5.00 × 0.98 × 7.73 in |
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