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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Requisite minus one star for animal cruelty, otherwise a perfect read — I loved it!
This is not my very favorite Kingsolver novel but I have never read a bad one.
Kingsolver is always a good read. Intelligent, thoughtful.
Kingsolver is an excellent writer and this book is no exception. She is a delight to read with interesting characters, situations and super observations. I re-read passages that are so succinct but totally evocative. You feel you are in the place with these people exploring their lives and turmoils. Highly recommend this book.
Barbara Kingsolver always provides in depth character development. The characters are always memorable and makes for a very interesting read.
I have enjoyed this author’s books in the past, but I simply could not connect to the main characters in Animal Dreams. I was disappointed that I just couldn’t spend more time on it—I actually didn’t finish reading it which is very unusual for me. Kingsolver is an excellent writer of prose, but it wasn’t enough to pull me in this time.
I have loved Barbara Kingsolver since I first read The Bean Trees. This book was wonderful.
Complicated, emotional, entertaining, and thought provoking. This book made me think about my relationships with humans, religion, and myself with a renewed perspective. A joy to read. The author draws a beautiful picture and then draws you into it.
Powerful. Could not put it down and still amazed I did not read it much sooner. Another of her books that does not disappoint.
Barbara Kingsolver writes beautifully. Sometimes I read a poignant phrase or sentence and wait to let it settle as part of me. I love her characters and her presentation of the Indian, Mexican and Central American cultures and struggles. Coming to terms with oneself is one of her themes and is central to this magnificent novel.
Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors. Each book is unique and beautifully written. I loved the landscape of Grace – both physical and spiritual.
I read this book many years ago. I still think about the characters.
She is another author that I read every single thing she publishes. This is an earlier work and it is a favorite. Also, her Poisonwood Bible I think is one of the most ingenious pieces of writing ever published. This is an earlier work and it is fun to read Animal Drams and then PB as she evolves so much.
I love all of her books!
I cried.
Beautifully written portrait of a woman who finds that she can no longer run away from the pain of tragic losses. Returning to Grace, the small Arizona town where she was born, Cody finds love and the answer to old family secrets. More than this, Animal Dreams is a reflection on our responsibility to the environment and on America’s role in …
There’s a reason why Barbara Kingsolver is one of our most beloved authors. This week I decided to revisit one of her earlier novels, Animal Dreams. Although not as well known as The Poisonwood Bible, this work of hers contains the same lovely language, mystical tone, and vivid sense of place. I find the characters the most relatable of all of …
Just so good! This is among Barbara Kingsolver’s best and she is a great author.
The first Kingsolver book I ever read and it made me come back for more. Beautiful , expressive writing.
Barbara Kingsolver speaks to important issues regarding religion and human interaction. She makes you lose yourself in her stories set in different countries and continents but all exposing the beauty but the human foibles of mankind