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The verdant pastures of a farm in Illinois have the placid charm of a landscape painting. But the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees them as the fulfillment of every wish: to win, to be honored, to be the best. Her ambition is the galvanizing force in Jane Smiley's first novel, a force that will drive a wedge between her and her family, and bring them all to tragedy. Written with the grace and quiet beauty of her Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, A Thousand Acres, Barn Blind is a spellbinding story on the classic American themes of work, love, and duty, and the excesses we commit to achieve success. "Chilling . . . Jane Smiley handles with skill and understanding the mercurial molasses of adolescence, and the inchoate, cumbersome love that family members feel for one another." -- The New York Times
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Barn Blind, Jane Smiley
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1994
- Bindwijze
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Barn Blind
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Jane Smiley
- Uitgever
- Flamingo/HarperCollins
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1994
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0006547265
- ISBN13
- 9780006547266
- Reeks
- Categorieën
- Tags
- Natuur, Dieren, Familie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Paarden
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Barn blind
- Aantekening
- The verdant pastures of a farm in Illinois have the placid charm of a landscape painting. But the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees them as the fulfillment of every wish: to win, to be honored, to be the best. Her ambition is the galvanizing force in Jane Smiley's first novel, a force that will drive a wedge between her and her family, and bring them all to tragedy. Written with the grace and quiet beauty of her Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, A Thousand Acres, Barn Blind is a spellbinding story on the classic American themes of work, love, and duty, and the excesses we commit to achieve success. "Chilling . . . Jane Smiley handles with skill and understanding the mercurial molasses of adolescence, and the inchoate, cumbersome love that family members feel for one another." -- The New York Times