Molly Gloss
Autor von The Hearts of Horses
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Molly Gloss was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. She teaches writing and literature of the American West at Portland State University and lives in Portland, Oregon. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- 1944-11-20
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- Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Portland State University
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- Whiting Writers' Award (1996)
James Tiptree Jr. Award (2000)
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But, I am so glad that I read this book because once again I am proven that sometimes the best things are where we least hope to find them.
The Hearts of Horses is a novel set in the winter of 1917, somewhere in the east of Oregon state. The main character is Martha, a young woman who escaped her abusive family to build herself a name as a "broncobuster". Through her experiences with horses, we get to know several families living in the area, whose horses Martha is training. I am amazed at how touched I was by these people and their struggles, even though this is not a sappy novel by any measure. There is a lot of subtle social commentary here, some big topics such as the effect of WW1 on the people who stayed behind and the myth of the American West.
Molly Gloss is just a master storyteller. The omniscient narrator works so well here and there is a great sense of time and space. Even the parts about horses were not annoying or boring, and I have zero interest in them.… (mehr)