![]() Horse is a reminder of the simple, primal power an author can summon by creating characters readers care about and telling a story about them-the same power that so terrifies the people so desperately trying to get Toni Morrison banned from their children’s reading lists.” writes about our present in such a way that the tangled roots of history, just beneath the story, are both subtle and undeniable. ![]() ![]() Lexington is ennobled by art and science, and roars back from obscurity to achieve the high status of metaphor.” is really a book about the power and pain of words. “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling. 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.īased on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. 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. ![]() 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. the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion-you just can’t look away.” - Oprah DailyĪ discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history “ A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty. “ Horse isn’t just an animal story-it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” - TIME “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” - The New York Times Book Review ![]()
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