Book : Dinosaurs A Novel - Millet, Lydia

-Titulo Original : Dinosaurs A Novel

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Review [S]harp and implacably funny…The novel is both aubade and vesper. It implies that some people can’t escape the prisons of who they are….Millet’s novels draw solace from the idea that we are infinitely bigger than ourselves. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker ‘Dinosaurs’ solidifies a new phase of Millet’s career. . . . The spaciousness of the style makes the sense of loss richer and the questions posed what constitutes moral action, how best can we help one another at once simpler and more profound….Millet’s great insight why her writing matters so much right now is that looking outside the human is what gives human life its meaning. Christine Smallwood, New York Times Magazine Millet has perfected charged, science-based prose that takes a surgeon’s loupe to how people interact with nature. L. A. Taggart, San Francisco Chronicle Tender but never sentimental, wearing its intelligence in a low-slung style, Dinosaurs is a garden of earthly delights. Laura Mechling, Vogue Deceptively simple and quietly lovely. Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire [E]nfolds thematic and psychological depths in elegant, deceptively simply prose…. Another life-affirming work from a writer who always carves her own literary path. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Millet returns with a brilliant story of survival, one subtler and more effective than the NBA-shortlisted A Children’s Bible (2020).…This wonderful and dynamic writer is at the top of her game. Publishers Weekly (starred review) [A]n intriguing portrait of a lonesome man trying to do good in a grim world. Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Boston Globe, Literary Hub and The Millions A stunning new novel from the author of A Children’s Bible, a National Book Award finalist and one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020. Over twelve novels and two collections Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist. Hailed as a writer without limits (Karen Russell) and a stone-cold genius (Jenny Offill), Millet makes fiction that vividly evokes the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extinction. Her exquisite new novel is the story of a man named Gil who walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new neighbors move into the glass-walled house next door and his life begins to mesh with theirs. In this warmly textured, drily funny, and philosophical account of Gil’s unexpected devotion to the family, Millet explores the uncanny territory where the self ends and community begins what one person can do in a world beset by emergencies. Dinosaurs is both sharp-edged and tender, an emotionally moving, intellectually resonant novel that asks: In the shadow of existential threat, where does hope live? From the Back Cover Praise for Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible “A blistering little classic.” Ron Charles, Washington Post “A dystopian novel of great power.” Adam Begley, Sunday Times “To call it a generational allegory seems like an understatement. Millet is one of the most fascinating novelists working.” Wall Street Journal Magazine “[A] prime example of that rare and precious thing: a funny dystopia.” New York Magazine “Superb.… [I]n this time of great upheaval, she implies, our foundational myths take on new meaning and hope.” New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice “I loved the imagination of this book, the way it gracefully as the title implies tackles the divine.” Rumaan Alam, New Republic About the Author Lydia Millet is the author of A Childrens Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top 10 book of 2020, among other works of fiction. She has won awards from PEN Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters and been shortlisted for the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her story collection Love in Infan