Barn Blind in Stellenbosch, Western Cape for sale

Tema:
Fiction
Soort:
Novels
Condition : Very Good
The pastures of the Karlson farm in Illnois have the charm of a landscape painting, but the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees in them the ultimate fulfilment of her every wish - to win, to be honoured, to be the best. Insightful explanation of the themes of work and love and duty, and an examination of the decline and fall of a family. Author won a Pulitzer Prize for À thousand acres' .
A woman's increasing dedication to the rearing and showing of horses - to the virtual exclusion of her own family's needs - is, ultimately, deeply destructive. Set in rural Illinois, this is a quietly written yet deceptively powerful family saga. (Kirkus UK)
About the author (2008)
Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles, California on September 26, 1949. She received a B. A. at Vassar College in 1971 and an M. F. A. and a Ph.D from the University of Iowa. From 1981 to 1996, she taught undergrad and graduate creative writing workshops at Iowa State University. Her first critically acclaimed novel, The Greenlanders (1988), was preceded by three other novels and a highly regarded short story collection, The Age of Grief (1987). In 1985, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story Lily, which was published in The Atlantic Monthly. Her novel A Thousand Acres (1991) received both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Moo; Horse Heaven; and Ordinary Love and Good Will. Ms. Smiley's latest novel is entitled, Private Life.
Bibliographic information
Title Barn Blind
Author Jane Smiley
Edition Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 1994
ISBN 0007291280, 9780007291281
Length 218 pages
Subjects Fiction?General