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Dinosaurs: A Novel

By Lydia Millet
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One of NPR's Books We Love for 2022 • A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 So Far • A Publishers Weekly Best Novel of 2022 • A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2022 • One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 • An Oprah Daily and Literary Hub Favorite Book of 2022 • A BookBrowse Best Novel for Book Clubs in 2024

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?

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“Thanks to my coworker Julian for recommending this and reminding me that I really liked ' A Children's Bible', also by the author. This is a story about Gil, buys a McMansion in Phoenix and then walks there all the way from New York, where he just went through the rough end of a long term relationship. A family moves into the house next door that is mostly made out of glass, and he gradually befriends them and other characters. This is a low key, heartfelt book that hints at a lot of profound themes about life and human relationships. I think the book is about dealing with long term grief. Gil is heartbroken and somewhat paralyzed by the end of his relationship (along with a deeper grief from his childhood). But, he surrenders to the full experience of heartbreak instead of burying it, and keeps showing up for the people in his life, gradually building a new life for himself and moving past the grief through making new connections based on being there for others. In case that seems too sad for you, a lot of the dialogue is witty and sometimes hilarious, Lydia Millet has a great sense of humor. Also shout out that she is a fellow Tucsonan, I completely get why this book is set in Phoenix instead, it just fits the characters better, if you have spent time in both cities you will get it. Last night I found myself thinking of several of the characters in this book as if they were real people I knew, a testament to the skill of the author.”
“Lydia Millet never misses”

About Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten book of the Year. Her first work of short fiction, Love in Infant Monkeys, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010; her second, Fight No More (2018), won an American Academy of Arts and Sciences short fiction award. Atavists is her third work of short fiction. She lives outside Tucson, Arizona.

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