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“Dinosaurs is quiet, Dinosaurs seeps into your bones slowly. Nothing much happens in Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet, and yet she still manages to perfectly capture our current political and cultural moment by following the relatively calm, day-to-day life of a man and the family who lives next to him in suburban Arizona, where the line between the nuclear home and the wild world of untamed creatures is thin. Echoing the strength of Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation, we explore the deep psychology of our main character, Gil, in fractals, jumping between the present, Gil’s past, and his philosophical musings on human interconnectedness, what we owe to those around us, and the synthetic world’s relationship to nature. While only 240 pages, this book is almost too big to think about, in the way that looking at the full scope of our lives, our communities, and our loved ones is too grand for simple comprehension. A richly vast read, Dinosaurs tops Millet’s last novel, The Children's Bible, while carrying on its thematic explorations.”
— Wulfe • Raven Book Store
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“I love Lydia Millet! I will read everything she writes. Her stories leave me slightly to extremely off kilter. This one, about kindness, purpose and family, is a treat, a favorite small gift...It was a joy to listen to. ”
— Melanie • The Well-Read Moose
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“Such an engaging novel, without over-the-top drama or feelings. But don't let that fool you as there's much to reflect on just beneath the surface. It's a story about a lonely man seeking relationships and wanting to have a positive impact on the world around him.”
— Anne • Newtonville Books
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“Dinosaurs is a book that will leave you thinking. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it, and will be buying a print copy to go back and read it again to fully absorb it. Millet is onto something here. I don’t quite know what it is, but I’m hooked.”
— Rae • Titcomb's Bookshop
"Over twelve novels and two collections, Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist, writing vividly about the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extinction. Her exquisite new novel, the first since A Children’s Bible, tells the story of an Arizona man’s relationship with the family next door, whose house has one wall made entirely out of glass. The story delivers attraction and love, friendship and grief. But Millet also evokes the uncanny. Through close observation of human and animal life in the desert, she captures the daunting scale of human society without losing sight of the real difference one person can make in the world. Written with humor and benevolence, Dinosaurs asks big questions: Can a person be good? Can a man be good? Compellingly told, emotionally moving, and intellectually rich, Dinosaurs may be Millet’s finest novel yet."
Lydia Millet is the PEN Award-winning author of eleven works of literary fiction, including Sweet Lamb of Heaven and Magnificence, which have been New York Times Notables and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists. She lives in Arizona.
Paul Heitsch is an audiobook narrator, a pianist, a composer, a sound designer, a producer, and a teacher. As a member of The Second City National Touring Company, he has performed with Chris Farley, Steve Carrell, Jane Lynch, and many others. Prior to becoming a narrator, he worked to produce hundreds of spoken-word products for companies like LeapFrog, VTech Kids, and Rosetta Stone.