Publisher name:
AcantiladoYear of publication:
2018Pages:
88 Book size:
12x18cm
Weight: 110 g
Binding:
RusticJolstomer is a sickly, decrepit capon horse used as a beast of burden on a thoroughbred farm, where he is despised for his uncertain pedigree. Recognized as the oldest mare in the stable, the animal recounts to his equine companions his surprising life journey, marked time and again by human barbarism. The story of a horse is told from the point of view of the horse itself, this moving nouvelle by Tolstoy tells us about imperishable human concerns such as luck or old age, and confronts us with some of our most inveterate and incorrigible prejudices: the value of appearances and the rejection of anyone who does not conform to the molds.
