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Why Do Horses Run?

Cameron Stewart
4.11/5 (365 ratings)
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A lyrical and profound debut novel that celebrates the kindness of strangers and those living in pain who recognise that in others.

Missing in every sense of the word, a man walks into the landscape and doesn't stop. In all weather and across all kinds of terrain, Ingvar walks until he can go no further, then he gets up and does it again the following day, week after week, month after month. For three years he doesn't know why he keeps going, or whether he is walking towards something or away from it. Eventually Ingvar comes to a remote valley, where a recently widowed woman, Hilda, allows him to live in a shed on her property. He hasn't spoken for three years and Hilda chats frequently with her dead husband, but somehow they tolerate each other as they both struggle with the impact of their pasts and grief that won't let them go.

Why Do Horses Run? asks crucial questions about love and loss, and what might make a person never want to be found. Simple, profound and deeply moving, this indelible debut explores the propensity of the natural world to both heal and harm, as well as the ineradicable power of kindness and community.

Why Do Horses Run? depicts the darkest aspects of life with frankness, humour and lyrical brilliance. It is a novel that will stay with you.

‘Tender and humane, a haunting debut.’ (Tim Winton, author of Cloudstreet)

‘Vivid and compelling.’ (Inga Simpson, author of The Last Woman in the World)

‘Wise, exquisite, unforgettable and almost radically courageous. How rare it is to read a novel of such unabashed hope.’ (Nigel Featherstone, author of My Heart is a Little Wild Thing)
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ISBN10:
1761188968
ISBN13:
9781761188961
kindle Asin:
B0CTG1XVZ4

Why Do Horses Run?

Cameron Stewart
4.11/5 (365 ratings)
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A lyrical and profound debut novel that celebrates the kindness of strangers and those living in pain who recognise that in others.

Missing in every sense of the word, a man walks into the landscape and doesn't stop. In all weather and across all kinds of terrain, Ingvar walks until he can go no further, then he gets up and does it again the following day, week after week, month after month. For three years he doesn't know why he keeps going, or whether he is walking towards something or away from it. Eventually Ingvar comes to a remote valley, where a recently widowed woman, Hilda, allows him to live in a shed on her property. He hasn't spoken for three years and Hilda chats frequently with her dead husband, but somehow they tolerate each other as they both struggle with the impact of their pasts and grief that won't let them go.

Why Do Horses Run? asks crucial questions about love and loss, and what might make a person never want to be found. Simple, profound and deeply moving, this indelible debut explores the propensity of the natural world to both heal and harm, as well as the ineradicable power of kindness and community.

Why Do Horses Run? depicts the darkest aspects of life with frankness, humour and lyrical brilliance. It is a novel that will stay with you.

‘Tender and humane, a haunting debut.’ (Tim Winton, author of Cloudstreet)

‘Vivid and compelling.’ (Inga Simpson, author of The Last Woman in the World)

‘Wise, exquisite, unforgettable and almost radically courageous. How rare it is to read a novel of such unabashed hope.’ (Nigel Featherstone, author of My Heart is a Little Wild Thing)
Format:
Pages:
320 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1761188968
ISBN13:
9781761188961
kindle Asin:
B0CTG1XVZ4

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