The Work of Wolves: A Novel
Nov 2017 · HMH
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This story of a horse trainer and a rich man's wife is "a gorgeously written, exacting exploration of duty and retribution set in dusty rural South Dakota" ( Publishers Weekly).
When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson—now a skilled and respected horse trainer—grudgingly agrees to train Magnus's horses and teach his wife to ride.
But as Carson becomes disaffected with the power-hungry Magnus, he also grows more and more attracted to the rancher's wife, and their relationship sets off a violent chain of events that unsettles their quiet town in South Dakota. Thrown into the drama are Earl Walks Alone, a Lakota trying to study his way out of the reservation and into college, and Willi, a German exchange student confronting his family's troubled history.
Described by Howard Frank Mosher as "the best western-based fiction I've read since Lonesome Dove and Plainsong," this "compelling" story of love and hatred by the author of Twisted Tree offers "fine characterizations, crisp dialogue and fully realized sense of place" ( The Denver Post).
"Kent Meyers's new novel is the kind of book that demands and rewards fierce loyalty. . . . I instantly fell under its spell." — The Christian Science Monitor
When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson—now a skilled and respected horse trainer—grudgingly agrees to train Magnus's horses and teach his wife to ride.
But as Carson becomes disaffected with the power-hungry Magnus, he also grows more and more attracted to the rancher's wife, and their relationship sets off a violent chain of events that unsettles their quiet town in South Dakota. Thrown into the drama are Earl Walks Alone, a Lakota trying to study his way out of the reservation and into college, and Willi, a German exchange student confronting his family's troubled history.
Described by Howard Frank Mosher as "the best western-based fiction I've read since Lonesome Dove and Plainsong," this "compelling" story of love and hatred by the author of Twisted Tree offers "fine characterizations, crisp dialogue and fully realized sense of place" ( The Denver Post).
"Kent Meyers's new novel is the kind of book that demands and rewards fierce loyalty. . . . I instantly fell under its spell." — The Christian Science Monitor
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April 1, 2011
I am the kind of person who appreciates story above everything else in a novel. But this book was more about underlying themes that intertwine that try to make sense. I feel like Meyers put everything else before story here. Some of the themes and messages were interesting, but not quite worth my time. I think Meyers, being a college professor, tried to write a novel that made him look brilliant and that students would study and try to figure out "what he was trying to say". But he came up with a half-baked story that takes up 400 pages that he could put all these themes in.
The whole book messes with you and jumps all over the place and it's confusing as hell. Even my English teacher thought this book was frustrating. I honestly can't figure out why this book was even written, let alone PUBLISHED! And Kent Meyers, if you're reading this, just a word of advice: STORY. COMES. FIRST.
Rosey Nelsen
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February 21, 2023
good book
About the author
Kent Meyers is the author of The Work of Wolves, Light in the Crossing, The River Warren, and The Witness of Combines, and the recipient of an Alex Award, two Minnesota Book Awards, and a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award. Meyers's works include New York Times Notable Books, and he has been published in a wide array of prestigious magazines.
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