The Fall of Heartless Horse (Little House on the Bowery) [Paperback]

Martha Kinney (Author), Dennis Cooper (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Little House on the Bowery | Publication Date: November 1, 2004

The Fall of Heartless Horse is a postmodern multigenerational family drama that is dark, hilarious, moving and wildly original. By turns lyric, comic, tragic and absurd, it deals with greed, inheritance, heroism, internecine intrigue, capitalism, sex, and the intertwining of public and private history.

Martha Kinney has won the following literary awards: Menn Prize for Fiction, Olin Poetry Award, Elizabeth Jones Writing Scholarship, and Pazo Mayberry Poetry Award. She has had poetry published in Columbia: a Journal of Literature and Art, Pearl, Luna, The Bitter Oleander, Five AM and has poetry forthcoming in the anthology Airfare (Sarabande Books).

Editorial Reviews

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"...[A]n astonishing debut. I can't wait to see what Kinney does next." -- Rick Moody, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Winter 2004/2005

"[A]n impressive debut effort...such limber yet well-ordered authorship should be greatfully read." -- Bookforum, Dec. 2004/Jan. 2005

From the Publisher

The fourth installment and first female author in Dennis Cooper's groundbreaking Little House on the Bowery series.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: Akashic Books (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888451734
• ISBN-13: 978-1888451733
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,610,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Very Very Cool Book!, October 13, 2004

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This review is from: The Fall of Heartless Horse (Little House on the Bowery) (Paperback)

Listen. I like poetry and I like to read it. Ms. Kinney's experimental prose is more poetic and beautiful than a random sample of a hundred poetry books combined. This book is sweet and hilarious and absurd and touching. Her language is as crisp as a Chuck Berry guitar solo. I think it's great. My guess is that she's a poet in disguise and she somehow slipped this wonderful story of Heartless Horse, Mrs. Heartless Horse, Tadiscule, Ambuscule, Minuscule, the lost daughter, the grandchildren , their lovers, and the ham (that's right, ham) through the curtains of prose and found herself on stage alone, standing positively apart from anything we're bored with. I think it's as fun to read as anything I've ever read. If you like wild, heartbreaking, otherworldly poetry, than this is the book for you. If you don't, this book might change your mind.

I'm just waiting for her next book.