A review by dllh
Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley

4.0

This is the second Smiley book I've read, and both have been oddly very slow and very compelling, drawing me in until I was fully absorbed less in the people than in the bits of culture or history the books reveal. In this one, the people are a lot less interesting than the horses (and one dog). This almost paradoxical slow/compelling trick Smiley pulls off in these books is sort of a marvel.