Barbara Kingsolver

a novel

Animal dreams

Sarah Sammis

I enjoy Kinsolver's descriptions of Arizona but the main character, Condi, just kept on getting the in the way of the scenery. I never grew to care about her past or her tough life or her inability to fit in. She spends the entire book wining and feeling sorry for herself when much of her trouble is of her own making!

Sarah Escorsa

I can't say I was really impressed with this book. I find it quite boring and had to struggle to finish it.

Tracey O’Rourke

I read this first about 20 years ago, and picked it up again recently. I have always said this is my favorite Barbara Kingsolver novel, and I think it still holds that rank - although Poisonwood Bible is pretty close now. I remembered nothing about the book when I picked it up, but upon running into Loyd's name, I found myself smiling, knowing that I liked and missed him, but not remembering why. In the end, I enjoyed the book a great deal, but it didn't speak to me the way it did the first time I read it. Still highly recommended though.

Emma Younger

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. 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.

A Novel

Animal Dreams

Jem Cab

Martha F.

Abigail Collins

Jen Sorenson

Juliana

Tyler Freitas

Sage

ANDREW BRYK

Carina Marshall

Jane McCullough

Chris Poore

Corey White

Jess Madson

"Animals dream about the things they do in the daytime just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona, to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. What she finds is a town threatened by a silent environmental catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and a man whose view of the world could change the course of her life. Blending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends, Animal Dreams is a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's largest commitments.

Animal dreams a novel

Reviews