From Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, The Bean Trees, and other modern classics, Animal Dreams is a passionate and complex novel about love, forgiveness, and one woman’s struggle to find her place in the world.
At the end of her rope, Codi Noline returns to her Arizona home to face her ailing father, with whom she has a difficult, distant relationship. … she has a difficult, distant relationship. There she meets handsome Apache trainman Loyd Peregrina, who tells her, “If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet life.”
Filled with lyrical writing, Native American legends, a tender love story, and Codi’s quest for identity, Animal Dreams is literary fiction at it’s very best.
This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
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One of my all time favorite books
Animal Dreams was full of great descriptions and florid prose that grabbed me right away and set the mood for the whole book. Kingsolver created settings that really let me feel I was there, walking the canyons of Arizona. Her imagery conveyed multiple meanings that unfolded throughout the story with call backs and ever-deepening layers.
The …
One of my top 10 favorites of all time.
Another great Kingsolver novel !
Even though the world in which this story lives is realized in intricate detail, and I have to praise Kingsolver for this, it is a very introspective book. I wanted more character interaction. A lot of the time I felt trapped in Cosima’s head, while lots of interesting characters revolved around. The events roll along at a slow pace. It felt a lot …