This world bestseller, released in 1995, had been adapted to the cinema by (and with) Robert Redford, who gave the reply to Kristin Scott Thomas and a young Scarlett Johansson.
The British writer Nicholas Evans, author in particular of the bestseller adapted to the cinema The Horse Whisperer, died of a heart attack at the age of 72, his agent announced on Monday. His disappearance took place on August 9 but was not made public until almost a week later in a statement:
“United Agents is very sad to announce the passing of acclaimed author Nicholas Evans who died suddenly on Tuesday following a heart attack.”
Born in central England in 1950, he studied law in Oxford before becoming a journalist, for the local press and then television.
15 million copies sold
He is best known for his first novel which met with enormous success, The Horse Whisperer (The Horse Whisperer), published in 1995 and sold fifteen million copies worldwide.
The novel tells the story of a young girl seriously injured in a riding accident, during which her best friend is killed and her animal mutilated. To cure her, her mother decides on a last-ditch expedition to Montana, where the “whisperer” Tom Booker lives, who has a reputation for caring for the most difficult horses.
The book was adapted for the cinema by Robert Redford, at the same time the director, the actor and the producer of this hymn to the great outdoors, to virgin nature and to horses. Released in 1998, the film with Scarlett Johansson and Kristin Scott Thomas, was nominated for the Oscars, without winning any prizes.