Bibliothèque mondiale du cheval

« This great river of a book might be described as a portrait of pride, pride in all its aspects from the merest sterile vanity to the utmost delicacy of true honour, pride as it was felt by the Homeric heroes, the knights of chivalry and the most punctilious of Highland chiefs, pride in every shape and form. But it is a great deal more than that : it is also a story, as the Odyssey is a story; and an immensely rich picture of an ancient way of life - one that would, apart from a few lorries and the distant rumble of a plane far overhead, have been familiar to Jenghiz Khan, and one in which the horse still receives the honour, respect, understanding and love that was its due in former times, for the greater part of the action takes place upon the steppes of northern Afghanistan, among the finest horsemen in the world.
The heart of the book is Uroz’ prodigious journey right across the Hindu Kush on his splendid stallion Jehol : a highly symbolic journey, with wonders, deadly perils and extraordinary encounters, but one that stands entirely upon its own feet as a breath-taking piece of straight adventure. It is during this journey that Uroz, repossessed of his integrity, learns some notion of the nature of love itself. » Présentation de l’éditeur (1969)