And He Tells the Little Horse the Whole Story

by Steven Barthelme

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801835437
• ISBN13: 9780801835438
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Horses We Have known

A brilliant collection by a gifted writer. Bathelme's characters are fully developed; they are people you can imagine meeting off the page. A good read, highly recommended.Which is more than I can say for Mr. Callan's unremarkable review. Commenting on a book ten years after seems a bit precious, not to mention disingenuous. Ray Carver tells the story of Donald Barthelme (Steve's oldest brother), whom Ray spotted at a party, not long after Carver had written a not-glowing review of Don's story collections. Feeling bad, trying to remain well hidden in the room, Carver nevertheless managed to hear Barthelme remark to a friend, "When I don't like a book, I try to surround it with a generous silence." It's hard enough to write a decent sentence without the Callan's of the world lining up to criticize your work without a moment's pause, ten years after the fact, from some college memory bank....I know Steve Barthelme. Steve Barthelme is a friend of mine. Mr. Callan, you're no Steve Barthelme.Readers who want to see what Steve Barthelme is up to lately will want to read a book co-written with his other brother Frederick, called Double Down--the remarkable true story of two grief stricken brothers, Frederick and Steve, dealing with the loss of their parents, and in the process managing to lose a quarter million dollars gambling in Biloxi. A terrifying, yet in the end, redemptive sory, from two of the finest writers we have.Buy the book.