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Barn BlindJane Smiley
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Barn Blind

221 pagesFirst published 19805 editions
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Written with the grace and quiet beauty of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Barn Blind is a spellbinding story on the classic American themes of work, love, and duty, and the lengths we will go to achieve success. The verdant pastures of a farm in Illinois have the placid charms of a landscape painting, but the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees them as the fulfilment of every wish: to win, to be honoured, to be the best. Her ambition is the galvanizing force in Jane Smiley's first novel, a force that will drive a wedge between her and her family, and bring…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionBuccaneer Books1998—9781568497006
EditionChivers Press19943019780745123967
EditionFlamingo19942189780006547266
EditionFawcett Columbine19932189780449908747
EditionHarper & Row19802189780060140168
Illinois in fictionFictionFarmsLarge type booksFiction, generalIllinois, fiction