Animal Dreams (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Kingsolver
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1988-1989
- Setting: Arizona and New Mexico
- Principal Characters: Cosima “codi” Noline, Humorous But Self-deprecating, “doc” Homer Noline, Halimeda “hallie” Noline, Emelina Domingos, Loyd Peregrina
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Memory, Parents and children, Protests or demonstrations, 1980’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Fathers, Sisters, Small-town life, Mines, miners, or mining, Southwest, Deserts, Alzheimer’s disease
- Locales: Grace, AZ
With Animal Dreams, her fourth book in three years, Barbara Kingsolver adds further luster to her rising reputation as a prolific and talented Southwestern writer who deserves much wider attention. This 1990 Kingsolver novel develops social issues and universal themes that are familiar from her earlier books, but that are now woven into a more ambitious literary design. In her first novel, The Bean Trees (1988), Kingsolver’s concern over United States involvement in Central America found narrative expression in a story of working- class Americans aiding Guatemalan...
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