| 词条 | Foal's Bread |
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| name = Foal's Bread | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:Foals_Bread_book_cover.png | caption = | author = Gillian Mears | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = English | series = | genre = Literary | publisher = Allen and Unwin, Australia | release_date = 2011 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Paperback) | pages = 361 pp | isbn = 9781742376295 | oclc = | preceded_by = The Grass Sister | followed_by = }} Foal's Bread is a 2011 novel by Australian author Gillian Mears. It was the winner of the 2012 ALS Gold Medal, the Age Book of the Year for Fiction, the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Barbara Jefferis Award. Plot summaryThe main subject of the novel is the golden era of Australian show-jumping between the wars. Roley Nancarrow is the 1926 high jump record holder for New South Wales, and, while competing one day at a country show, is captivated by Noah Childs, a 14-year-old drover's daughter, who can coax tired old horses into extraordinary feats. Riding out in a storm one day, Nancarrow is struck by lightning. The novel examines his steady decline into paralysis from the lightning-strike and the effect this has on his horse-riding passion and relationship with Noah. Awards
NotesThe novel carried the following dedication: "For my sister Yvonne." The novel carried the following epigraph: "Lameness is the language of pain, not a disease... A lame horse will often seem full of great silence and suffering." Harold Leeney, Home Doctoring of Animals (1927). Reviews
References1. ^[https://www.asauthors.org/barbara-jefferis-award-winner-2012-1 "Barbara Jefferis Award Winner 2012"]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Foal's Bread}}2. ^Australian Womens Studies Resource - Foal's Bread Review by Dawn Silversides 3. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/11/foals-bread-gillian-mears-review The Guardian, 12 May 2012, review by Alfred Hickling] 4. ^"Vernacular at the gallop" by Helen Elliott, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2011 2 : 2011 Australian novels|ALS Gold Medal winning works |
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