Aug 08, 2014 david enyeart of common good books in st. Malcolm brooks was raised in the rural foothills of the california sierras, where gold rush and native american artifacts still abound. The romance of antiquity and of the old west, intersected by the reality of modernity and of industrialized progress. Jim harrison, author of legends of the fall and brown dog painted horses vividly evokes an earlier time, a place and a way of being that is at the cusp of great. Jun 27, 2014 missoula author malcolm brooks will read from his first novel, painted horses, at elk river books, 120 n. Orion painted horses is a wonderful novel full of horses, archeology, the new west, and two fascinating women. In the mid1950s, america was flush with prosperity and saw an unbroken line of progress clear to the horizon, while the west was still very much wild. Painted horses vividly evokes an earlier time, a place and a way of being that is at the cusp of great change. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Jim harrison, author of legends of the fall and brown dog painted horses is the kind of finely tuned and literary love story they dont make much of anymore. Painted horses is, after all, one of those big, oldfashioned novels where the mundane and the unlikely coexist. Painted horses is a wonderful novel full of horses, archeology, the new west, and two fascinating women. Brooks evokes a time and a place tinged by an autumnal sun, the brass thunderclap of things ending and beginning again.
Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Fans of jamie fords novels, or jim harrisons, will be enthralled by malcolm brooks. The best novels are not just written but builtscene by scene, character by characteruntil a world emerges for readers to fall. Doug stanton, author of the new york times bestseller horse soldiers in painted horses, malcolm brooks tells a spectacular story. Malcolm brooks should be lauded for this amazing debut. Painted horses is reminiscent of the classic western adventures, but is poised to set a standard of its own. Painted horses, malcolm brookss extraordinary debut novel is one of those big, oldfashioned novels where the mundane and the unlikely. Buy a cheap copy of painted horses book by malcolm brooks. It establishes malcolm brooks as an extraordinary newtalent. Malcolm brooks is the author of the novel painted horses, published by grove press. His writing has appeared in grays sporting journal, outside, sports afield, and montana quarterly, among others. Painted horses has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Which is why i was skeptical when malcolm brooks debut novel, painted horses, starts out with scenes showing a spunky, idealistic young.
A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Painted horses malcolm brooks article by keaton even when a work of literature transcends its generic conventions, there are always preoccupations and. Its an oldfashioned novel, sweeping in scope and probing of character, without leaning on showy language and postmodern literary gimmicks. Paul, minnesota, said of the novel, malcolm brooks pageturner of a literary love story, painted horses, draws readers into a wild landscape full of vivid characters and high drama. Malcolm brooks painted horses has a beautiful cover. Malcolm brookss debut painted horses walks the steady line of genre archetypes without veering into stereotype. He is currently at work on his next novel, titled cloudmaker. Painted horses by malcolm brooks 2014, hardcover for sale. Buy painted horses by brooks, malcolm from amazons fiction books store. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Painted horses malcolm brooks, 2014 groveatlantic 336 pp. Nora roberts on her new postapocalyptic book series and her in death books duration. Painted horses, by malcolm brooks the washington post. A carpenter by trade, he has lived in montana for most of two decades.
He also spent a chunk of time on his grandparents farm in new jersey. Kent black, boston globe malcolm brooks novel has the hard thrill of the west, when it was still a new world, the tenderness of first love and the pain of knowledge. In the mid1950s, america was flush with prosperity and saw an unbr. An archeological adventuress searches for signs of a. Painted horses book by malcolm brooks half price books. Malcolm brooks, author of painted horses, on librarything. The blurb on the back of my copy of the book reads almost as beautiful. Painted horses by malcolm brooks 2015, paperback for sale. Painted horses by malcolm brooks great pick for 2020. Catherine lemay, the heroine of brooks debut, is a young archaeologist whos seen the aftermath of war poking around in the rubble of london. An archeological adventuress searches for signs of a preconquest culture in the rugged depths of a montana canyon while trying to fend off construction of a hydroelectric dam. Few readers wouldnt get hooked by the romanticism and untouched landscape alluded to by talk of the open montana range in the 1950s. John hshe thinks it could stand for horses, but hell raiser is a reasonable candidaterides the western fence line, following the mustangs. So many thematic threads appear in malcolm brooks novel, painted horses, so many ideas for mulling and musing.
There is an exchange between two characters in malcolm brookss extraordinary debut novel, painted horses, that epitomizes the surprising and satisfying depth of the characters. And lest we forget the painted horses of the books title, malcolm brooks grew up in rural northern california. Tara creel, deseret news painted horses is the kind of finely tuned and literary love story they dont make much of anymore. Aug 04, 2014 painted horses by malcolm brooks duration. It establishes malcolm brooks as an extraordinary new talent. Painted horses sends a dauntless young woman on a heroic quest, sings a love song to the horsemans vanishing way of life, and reminds us that love and ambition, tradition and the future, often make strange bedfellows. In malcolm brookss first novel, it is 1956 or thereabouts.