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1. • • HORSE is based on a real-life racehorse named Lexington, one of the most famous thoroughbreds in American history.
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   Is horse based on a true story?

   • Viking Books asks Geraldine Brooks some fascinating questions about her new novel, Horse. HORSE is based on a real-life racehorse named Lexington, one of the most famous thoroughbreds in American history. How did you learn about him?

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   Is horse a violence based on a true story?

   • Geraldine Brooks's 'Horse' is explicit in its exploration of violence – the violence of the most powerful over the least powerful in American society before, during and after the Civil War. The novel presents violence towards non-human animals and their ruthless exploitation for maximum financial gain as corollaries of the broader violence of society.

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   What is 'horse' by Geraldine Brooks about?

   • "Horse," by Geraldine Brooks, explores the unwritten history of America’s most famous racehorse—and how far we still have to go in confronting systemic racism.

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   Did horse start with a real horse?

   • Horse started with a real horse: Lexington, who was one of the great racehorses of the 19th century and a prolific sire. When Lexington died, his skeleton became an exhibit but was later forgotten in the attic of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

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   Is 'Horse' by Geraldine Brooks a good book?

   • Geraldine Brooks's 'Horse' is a daring and disturbing novel that deftly reveals the long-term effects of history and depicts the continuities of the brutal treatment of African Americans in the United States during the era of slavery and its deadly manifestations today. Horse makes not one but two young African American men the central characters.

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   Is Theo chagrined to find himself a protagonist in horse?

   • Theo might be chagrined to find himself a protagonist in Horse, Geraldine Brooks’s latest work of historical fiction, which braids his story with the narrative of Jarret, an enslaved groom of the horse in the 19th-century painting Theo finds. For one, Theo is skeptical of white artists taking on Black subjects.

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3. www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archiveGeraldine Brooks's Sympathy for Her Black Protagonists Isn't ...

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   Jun 10, 2022 · Nothing else is known about the real Jarret, and Horse grew out of Brooks’s imaginings of the life he might have lived. She had wanted to write about horses, she admits in her afterword.

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5. www.oprahdaily.com › entertainment › books"Horse," by Geraldine Brooks, Book Review - Oprah Daily

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   Aug 2, 2022 · The Pulitzer Prize winner explores the unwritten true tale of America’s most famous racehorse—and uses that story to show how far we need to go in confronting systemic racism.

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   Horse was based on Lexington’s true story. His life spanned from 1850 to 1875 but his legacy continued to be celebrated even after he departed this world through the foals he sired. Lexington became known for his agility, speed, stamina and faithfulness.

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8. www.npr.org › 2022/06/11 › 1104369016The novel 'Horse' is the story of an enslaved man ... - NPR

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   Jun 11, 2022 · It's a human story that takes us from the time of Jarret Lewis, the enslaved young man who becomes his groom, to the racing grounds of old New Orleans and contemporary scholars in Washington,...

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   Jun 10, 2022 · The Pulitzer Prize winning writer’s latest novel, based on the true story of a champion thoroughbred, represents historical fiction at its best.

10. www.bookbrowse.com › reviews › indexSummary and Reviews of Horse by Geraldine Brooks - BookBrowse

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    Jun 14, 2022 · Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.