'Perestroika In Paris' Is A Cozy, Fairy-Tale Trot Through The City Of Lights
Fans of Jane Smiley's previous books will be pleased to see that talking horses make a return in her latest — plus a dog, a raven and a couple of ducks, all making lives for themselves in Paris.
by Heller McAlpin
Dec 02, 2020
3 minutes
It's such a joy when an author whose work you've been reading for decades surprises you with something unexpected. The title character of Jane Smiley's new novel, Perestroika in Parisher first since she completed her massive trilogy in 2015 — is a talking horse! Of course, horses have trotted through the pages of plenty of Smiley's books, including and most of her Young Adult novels. Nor is this the first time that the author, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning homage to has gone light: and are both satires.
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