num_pages: 714
description: Read by Mary Beth HurtFive CDs, 6 hoursSpanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Horse Heaven puts us among trainers and track brats, horse-obsessed girls, nervy jockeys, billionaire owners and restless wives.  Here is the trainer of dazzling integrity and his a wicked prince of the tract, headed for still another swindle;  here are the gamblers and hangers-on.  And in an amazing feat of imagination, here are the magnificent Thoroughbreds themselves, from the filly orphaned at birth to the brown horse who always wins by a nose, a lovable "claimer" who passes from owner to owner on a heartwrenching journey down from the winner's circle.All the constant excitement of racing courses through a novel that opens up a fascinating world even as it moves us with its exploration of wanting, loving, and striving; of our mysterious bond with animals; and, above all, of our profound desire to connect-emotionally, sexually, spiritually-with each other.
language: English
title: Horse Heaven
titlecomplete: Horse Heaven
genres: Fiction, Animals, Horses, Sports, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Modern, Literary Fiction, Horse Racing
ratings_count: 5281
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist
publisher: Faber and Faber