EAN: 9781408710128

HORSE - GERALDINE BROOKS TASCHENBUCH

A Guardian Book of the Year A discarded painting in a junk pile  a skeleton in an attic  and
the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands  Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine
Brooks tells a sweeping story of spirit  obsession and injustice across American history.
Kentucky  1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and 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 and his groom 
very far from the glamour of any racetrack. Washington  DC  2019. Jess  a Smithsonian scientist
from Australia  and Theo  a Nigerian-American art historian  find themselves unexpectedly
connected through their shared interest in the horse-one studying the stallion's bones for
clues to his power and endurance  the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black
horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the
record-breaking thoroughbred  Lexington  who became America's greatest stud sire  Horse is an
original  gripping  multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in
America. 'Thrilling' New York Times 'Brooks understands and empathises with all of her
characters... a masterpiece' Jane Smiley

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