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. Geraldine Brooks is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel March and the international bestsellers The Secret Chord, Calebs Crossing, People of the. 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. “ Horse isn’t just an animal story-it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” - TIMEĪ 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 Horse : New from the Pulitzer Prize winning author - Geraldine Brooks March - Geraldine Brooks Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks On Tim Winton : Writers on. “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” - The New York Times Book Review

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