They Shoot Horses Don T They

They shoot horses don t they is short only 127 pages but incredibly powerful examining not only how much pain or humiliation a person can withstand in his or her own fight for survival or that of others but it also looks at the utter hopelessness for some in life s unending dance toward the american dream.

They shoot horses don t they. Is a novel written by horace mccoy and first published in 1935. They shoot horses don t they. The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon. The story mainly concerns a dance marathon during the great depression.

Audience reviews for they shoot horses don t they. They shoot horses don t they. Directed by sydney pollack. Here we go round and round the floor together in time here we sit it looks like this is it whatever this time it s making no sense but we ll.

With jane fonda michael sarrazin susannah york gig young. The story follows the narrator robert syverten a. They shoot horses don t they lyrics.