The Horse
Joyce Carol Oates Prize · 2025 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Joyce Carol Oates Prize | 2025 | Winner |
About This Book
Willy Vlautin's eighth novel follows an old man and a young woman caring for a dying horse in the American West, a spare and moving meditation on loyalty and loss. Co-winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.
About the Author
Willy Vlautin is an American novelist and musician whose fiction chronicles working-class life in the American West with spare, heartbreaking precision. Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, he is both a novelist and the founder of the country and folk bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. His seven novels include The Motel Life (2006), Northline (2008), Lean on Pete (2010), The Free (2014), Don't Skip Out on Me (2018), The Night Always Comes (2021), and The Horse (2023). Read more →
