"Horse Heaven" 2000 SMILEY, Jane (SIGNED) (SOLD)

SMILEY, Jane

Signed on title page

[561] pp.

Alfred A. Knopf

2000

First Edition

9 1/2″ x 6 1/2″

Jacket painting: Hanover by C.L. Zellinsky

Fine/ Fine

Horse Heaven is a novel by American author Jane Smiley, published in 2000 by Knopf. It was shortlisted for the 2001 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Smiley, a lover of horses since childhood, used the proceeds of her previous novel, A Thousand Acres, to buy a small horse farm in California, which inspired Horse Heaven.

The plot focuses on various figures involved in horse racing across two seasons. Both humans and horses appear as characters.