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title: "Horse: A Novel"
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# Horse: A Novel

**Brand:** geraldine brooks
**Price:** € 28.81
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- **What is this?** Horse: A Novel by geraldine brooks
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Horse: A Novel

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A brilliant work of historical fiction with a powerful message
  

*by T***O on Reviewed in the United States on 4 December 2022*

A friend recommended this novel based on my background and writing interests. I love historical fiction and well-written works of science and medicine. I am an orthopedic surgeon who earned a Ph.D. in veterinary science before attending medical school. This book resonated with me. Geraldine Brooks hit my reading trifecta (history, science, and medicine) with her latest novel, Horse, about Lexington, the greatest racehorse of the nineteenth century, which is interlaced with accurate and entertaining details of equine medicine and science. Brooks’ complex plot uses multiple timelines and characters. The central story occurs during the Civil War era covering the lives of the Thoroughbred, Darley (later renamed Lexington), and his trainer, Jarret, a young slave. Brooks uses her knowledge of this period and her writing skill to portray a beautiful, and at times heartbreaking, relationship between the horse and trainer. The story flips back and forth between the present day and two characters, Jess and Theo. This is where I think Brooks’ brilliance as a storyteller is displayed. Jess is an American transplant from Sydney, Australia (like the author) who has a quirky upbringing, ultimately resulting in a master’s degree in zoology. Note that Jess doesn’t have a Ph.D. which would make her overqualified for her position as director of the Vertebrate Osteology Prep Lab at the Smithsonian Support Center. This is the perfect backstory for Jess. She is a science nerd who makes a career out of studying and assembling skeletons. I’d love to know how Brooks came up with this. Jess receives a request from a colleague at Woods Hole Laboratory in Massachusetts to help assemble a horse skeleton. She begins putting Lexington back together. Theo is a Black Ph.D. art history student developing a thesis project based on nineteenth-century equestrian art (another brilliant backstory). I’ll leave it to the reader to learn the details of Theo’s career as a star polo player. After discovering a painting of Lexington at a neighborhood yard sale, he starts researching the great horse. Through a chance encounter, Jess and Theo meet and discover their mutual interest in Lexington. The third timeline is a brief but wonderful interlude into contemporary art history. Brooks works into the plot the story of Martha Jackson and her involvement with the career of Jackson Pollock. Geraldine Brooks has done a spectacular job telling a complex story. All of the anatomic and veterinary medical details are accurate and well-researched. This a book worthy of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, I loved it and continue to think about it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Excellent read.
  

*by E***T on Reviewed in Canada on 27 March 2024*

Well written, interesting story of the best race horse of all time in the US. A story a out love, trust and courage.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
    Wunderbare Geschichte
  
  

*by A***M on Reviewed in Germany on 13 March 2024*

Wunderbare Pferdegeschichte in historischen Setting.

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