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News from the NOS•yesterday, 20:12
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Prosperous journalist and author Nicholas Evans The Horse Whisperer he wrote, he died. The 72-yr-previous Briton died quickly of a coronary heart assault last 7 days, the literary agent declared of him. He died in his residence in Devon, England.
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In 1995 Evans’ debut novel came out The Horse Whisperer which has been hugely productive all above the entire world. 15 million copies had been bought and the book was translated into dozens of languages. In the Netherlands the novel appeared as The Horse Whisperer.
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Traumatized horse
The guide is about teen Grace MacLean, who was hurt in an accident with her horse. As a result, her horse Pilgrim is traumatized and is aided by a “horse whisperer”. Evans came up with the notion for the novel when he heard as a reporter that there are men and women who can heal the trauma of horses by speaking to them in a lower voice.
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Even prior to the novel was introduced, the legal rights to the film had presently been offered. The film was unveiled in theaters in 1998, with Robert Redford in the guide part and Scarlett Johansson in the function of teenager Grace. The movie was also a excellent good results. Johansson was 12 at the time, she designed a big splash with the movie purpose.
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Evans researched law at Oxford and worked as a journalist in the 1970s. Just before him The Horse Whisperer he also worked as a screenwriter and documentary producer. Pursuing his prosperous debut, Evans wrote four extra novels, including The smoke jumper in The brave. All those textbooks also bought well.
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Toxic mushrooms
In 2008, Evans just about died from consuming poisonous mushrooms he collected in Scotland. He and his spouse, Scottish singer and songwriter Charlotte Gordon Cumming, ended up hospitalized. The writer experienced from severe kidney failure and a couple yrs later on had a kidney transplant from his daughter.
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