Jane Smiley Pulitzer Prize-winning author of fiction and nonfiction; political activist

A Horse Is a Horse

Date of Review: 
06/27/2004
Reviewer: 
Verlyn Klinkenborg
Source: 
The New York Times

Review Excerpt:

Her great virtue as a writer about horses is her emotional candor. Most horse owners, in an effort to appear rational, try to refrain from talking about how deeply they love their animals or from telling cute stories about them. Not Smiley.