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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 Why Do Horses Run?
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'A lyrical and profound debut novel that celebrates the kindness of strangers and those living in pain who recognise that in others.

'He walked not feeling he was connected to the earth, but on the edge of something he couldn't reach. He pushed on through mist and darkness and clutched the blanket tight under his neck with his bony fist. Nothing in the darkness could scare him. He was darkness itself.

'Missing in every sense of the word, a man walks into the landscape and doesn't stop. In all weather and across all kinds of terrain, Ingvar walks until he can go no further, then gets up and does it again the following day, week after week, month after month. For three years he doesn't know why he keeps going, or whether he is walking towards something or away from it.

'Until he comes to a remote tropical valley harbouring secrets and misfits. There a recently widowed woman, Hilda, allows Ingvar to live in a shed on her property. He hasn't spoken for three years and Hilda chats frequently with her dead husband, but somehow they tolerate each other as they both struggle with the haunting impact of their pasts and grief that won't let them go.

'Steeped in mystery and foreboding, Why Do Horses Run? asks crucial questions about love and loss, and what might make a person never want to be found. Simple, profound, transformative and deeply moving, this indelible debut explores the propensity of the natural world to both heal and harm, as well as the ineradicable power of kindness and community.

'Why Do Horses Run? depicts the darkest aspects of life with frankness, humour and lyrical brilliance. It is a novel that will stay with you.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2024 .
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      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 April 2024
      ISBN: 9781761069659
Form: audiobook
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      W. F. Howes ,
      2024 .
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      Extent: 8 hrs and 52 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 April 2024

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

Cameron Stewart Why Do Horses Run? Ann Skea , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2024;

— Review of Why Do Horses Run? Cameron Stewart , 2024 single work novel

'The protagonist of Cameron Stewart’s novel finds solace in solitude as he walks through Australia, encountering both kindness and cruelty.'

Cameron Stewart Why Do Horses Run? Ann Skea , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2024;

— Review of Why Do Horses Run? Cameron Stewart , 2024 single work novel

'The protagonist of Cameron Stewart’s novel finds solace in solitude as he walks through Australia, encountering both kindness and cruelty.'

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