A beautiful hardback collection of stories about horses. From Kipling to Carver this is the perfect book for animal lovers.
Horse Stories corrals two centuries of short fiction about the most majestic of domesticated animals. From writers old and new come stories of magnificent stallions, broken-down nags, racehorses, ponies, cowboy's steeds, workhorses, and beloved companions, in a wide variety of literary styles. Rudyard Kipling transports us the polo fields of India, Bret Harte to the ranches of the Wild West. Arthur Conan Doyle makes a famous thoroughbred disappear (or does he?), while Saki spins an amusing yarn about a notorious bolter. Isaac Babel tells of the horrors of war; Raymond Carver has a vision of runaway horses in the mist; Ted Hughes, Margaret Atwood and Jane Smiley explore the human passions horses can unleash. From the rollicking racetrack humour of Damon Runyon to the poignant lyricism of John Steinbeck, these stories testify to our varied and timeless fascination with the noblest of animals. A perfect gift.
Edited by:
Diana Secker Tesdell Imprint: Everyman's Library Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 13 Dimensions:
Height: 189mm,
Width: 122mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 383g ISBN:9781841596129 ISBN 10: 1841596124 Series:Everyman's Library POCKET CLASSICS Pages: 400 Publication Date:12 September 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Editor- Diana Secker Tesdell is the editor of the Everyman Dog Stories, Cat Stories, Love Stories, Christmas Stories, Stories of Motherhood and Stories of the Sea.