RYN, THE WILD HORSE

by Bohumil Riha ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 20, 1970

More cottage whimsy and coy storytelling and, when it sobers up, folk wisdom. That's when Old Jakub's patient loyalty to Rhyn and the Widow Spudilka's determination somehow to get the horse for her suitor Mr. Boots collide, and Jakub, victim as well of village Chairman Mr. Turnabout's lumpish law and order, rides off on Rhyn to let things cool down. Meanwhile, on Stork Island, the younger generation is acquitting itself more nobly, and it's all meant, quite obviously, to discredit a ruling passion for regulations and, in the person of the unfortunate Widow, a lingering pride of possession. In Czechoslovakia, perhaps, the mode may be more congenial, the author's intercession more welcome, along with his counsel: ""This story ends in CHAPTER ELEVEN. Do you know what pleases me most? The fact that none of the people in it ever despaired.

Pub Date: Nov. 20, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION