The Horses contemporary dance

A moving story of isolation and mankind s connection with nature perfect for fans of Emily St John Mandel and Jon McGregor Sarah wakes up one morning feeling that something big something irrevocable has happened To the small island community of Black Crag it seems as though the rest of the world has gone to sleep aeroplanes no longer criss cross the sky the radios have gone silent and the ferry no longer brings their supplies When the ferryman Arthur arrives traumatised and silent the whispers about what has happened on the mainland quickly turn into heated arguments As the chasm dividing the villagers continues to grow Sarah struggles to find her purpose amidst the chaos With a harsh winter fast approaching will the villagers learn to work together in order to ensure their collective survival Will Sarah find the answers she s looking for The Horses A poetic and moving story of community and isolation in the wake of a disasterFiction writer and sometime actress from Aotearoa now based in London. All the pretty horses book Riffing closely on the 1952 Edwin Muir poem The Horses that he wrote in the throes of the Cold War Mathewson re contextualises Muir s apocalypse as it happened the 21st Century In both texts the horses that arrive unexpectedly after technology fails us symbolise a forgotten past eliciting a desire and a need to go back to a time where we connected to and relied on the natural world This felt like a YA dystopia and I found it overly simple in the delivery but I couldn t stop reading it and something about it really dug under my ribs 371 Feels a little bit intimidating to be the first review of this one Received a proof copy at work and I found it really engrossing A really sensitive and very human depiction of an end of the world scenario Found it to be a very realistic portrayal of human nature when faced with potential catastrophe all the characters felt developed which feels like a really rare thing these days and I enjoyed seeing how they changed throughout the book Overall a really strong novel and I felt quite sad to leave them all behind on Black Crag at the end not knowing their fates 371 3: Slow horses book Nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award 2016 shortlisted for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2021 winner Audio Verse Awards 2019 2020.Co host of History is Sexy.5 371