Pale Horse, Pale Rider
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Pale Horse, Pale Rider

by Katherine Anne Porter

1939•Drama•264 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads

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Boxlist takeStirring and serious: a realistic novel, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like depth over escapism.

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3.3 / 5

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About This Book

Contains three short novels, -- Old Mortality, a story of race tracks, of the Deep South, of the survival and shattering of a family legend; Noon Wine, Texas and a dairy farm rescued from decay by a man who turns out to be an escaped lunatic from Dakota and of the tragedy that ended it all; Pale Horse, Pale Rider, a mystical story of the narrow ledge between life and death, set at the time of the flu epidemic.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceTroubled leads

Subjects

Social life and customsManners and customsAmerican Short storiesShort stories

Details

Author
Katherine Anne Porter
Published
1939
Pages
264
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