Animal dreams : a novel

The Resource Animal dreams : a novel
Label
Animal dreams : a novel
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
by Barbara Kingsolver
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In this skillfully told novel by the author of The Bean Trees, a young woman returns to her hometown to care for her father and, without knowing it, herself. As usual, Codi is seeking to avoid life, but instead she finds plenty of it. She begins a complicated romance with a former boyfriend, corresponds with her sister, Hallie, who is kidnapped and then murdered in Nicaragua, tries to convince her father that his declining mental abilities are interfering with his work as a physician, and attempts to save the town from the evil Black Mountain Mining Company, which is poisoning the river and threatening the region's future. In alternating chapters, Kingsolver gives us Codi and her father, Homer, adroitly melding two viewpoints of one history. The book's southwestern setting proves particularly evocative: lush hot springs, dramatic vistas, and ancient pueblos are ideal envelopes for characters in deep introspection or loving embrace. The mixed Anglo and native American culture is equally colorful and unusually well developed. It's hard to find fault with this book--it manages to push all our emotional buttons without sacrificing fine craftsmanship
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
Intended audience
790
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
UG
LC call number
PS3561.I496
LC item number
A86 1990
Literary form
fiction
Reading level
5.7
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR

Context

Context of Animal dreams : a novel

Work of

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Nesmith Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.