The Village on Horseback: Prose and Verse, 2003-2008
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The Village on Horsebackfeatures mesmerizing new work from the author of Samedi the Deafnessand The Way Through Doors,one of the New Yorker'sBest Books of 2009. This collection of new pieces by experimental writer Jesse Ball is a philosophical recasting of myth and legend. Unearthing parables from the compost heap of oral tradition, folklore, literature, and popular culture, The Village on Horsebackcan be read as a sort of fabulist's compendium by an author who has been called charming, lyrical, fanciful, and "disturbingly original."
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