Horse Stories

Hardback

Main Details

Title Horse Stories
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Diana Secker Tesdell
SeriesEveryman's Library POCKET CLASSICS
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 189,Width 123
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781841596129
ClassificationsDewey:823.010836296655
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Everyman
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publication Date 12 September 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

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.