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Bezig met laden... Horse: A Novel (origineel 2022; editie 2022)door Geraldine Brooks (Auteur)
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written in 3 parts. First from the 1800's. a slave and his love and connection to his race horse. the second is modern times. A researcher sees the bones of this horse and meets a black man who has a picture of a well known race horse. They find that this is the same horse and meanwhile form a relationship. the black man is very conscience of "Race" differences between blacks and whites. the third part is how the picture came to a famous art collector. This story is based on a real painting and the long neglected skeleton of a famous race horse, Lexington. She became intrigued with the notation of a groom named Jarret. This book is an imaging of their time together and how this lost painting was discovered. I enjoyed the storyline set in Kentucky, with Jarret and Lexington forging a bond. The contemporary story line paralleled the interaction of Jarret / Mary Bar; Theo is able speak about his struggles to Jess as a voice for Jarret. While it does get political** I think the story line explains the mystery of the painting and skeleton. **(I support the message. Maybe it could have been more subtle and less predictable and preachy). The minute details about horse racing were boring and I skimmed them. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"A 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 Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another 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. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I liked this book.
I didn't like the ending and I thought it was unnecessary. Not necessarily untrue, but Theo's story, both his own and his relationship with Jess, could have been left more open-ended and still be valid.
I didn't like the little point about the seller requiring that the donation of the colt painting be given in Theo's memory. Suddenly the old woman is completely humanized. So...did Theo imagine how she treated him, did he project racism where it didn't exist? It just felt discordant. And these are way more words than it merits, but if I read this later in time it might help me remember the book.