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 enlarge | Author: Jane Smiley
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 380696
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1400033179
Dewey Decimal Number: 798
EAN: 9781400033171
ASIN: 1400033179
Publication Date: April 19, 2005
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 Great Read! March 10, 2007
This was a wonderful way to spend time. Very informative, upbeat and entertaining with an insider's view of racing. Could read it again and again and enjoy it each time.
adult horse tales January 6, 2007
Jane Smiley does a great job entering us into the racing horse world. She helps us understand the tension and excitement training a winner. This book is slightly less interesting than her previous one, but still a good read.
Pure enjoyment September 29, 2006
This collection of her reflections on the horses she owned and raced and the people involved were funny, poignant, and so true. I loved the horse communicator and I loved her love for the horse. She is such an excellent writer it made these essays so wonderful to read.
 Not for me January 7, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is targeted at fans of Smiley and show ponies, but definately not for everyday race fans. It's more of a social commentary than a story about race horses, which is what I was looking for. They should change the deceptive name of the book so people like me don't waste their money.
 Reflections on, well, a year at the races. November 16, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jane Smiley, A Year at the Races (Knopf, 2004)
Jane Smiley, novelist, is also Jane Smiley, horse owner. A Year at the Races is exactly that, a depiction of a year with two of her Thoroughbred racers, Hornblower and Waterwheel. It is also an extended meditation on what we know and don't know about horses and how we, as humans, interact with them.
There's a lot here to absorb, and I get the feeling that those who are already familiar with the world of horses-- racing them, training them, breeding them-- will likely get more out of this immediately than someone who is entirely new to the process. However, the latter person will just have to read a little more closely in some sections to figure out what Smiley is on about. (It's always there, you may just have to search for it a bit at times if you get overwhelmed.)
A good book, one that horse lovers will want to have in their collections. ***
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