

The Animals
Author: Christian Kiefer
Narrator: Richard Poe
Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/23/2015
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Christian Kiefer
Narrator: Richard Poe
Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/23/2015
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Christian Kiefer has a PhD in American literature from the University of California-Davis and directs the low-residency MFA at Ashland University. The author of The Animals and The Infinite Tides, he lives with his family in Placer County, California.
In the devastating first pages of The Animals, we meet the quintessential likable character – Bill Reed, a sensitive loner who devotes his life to caring for gravely injured or mangled animals in the isolated Idaho backlands. He’s everyone’s idea of a hero: saving animal lives, keeping company with......more
There's nothing better than a book that surprises you. When I started reading this I was sort of in a phase where I was over books about guys having feelings about things and not doing much. I wanted aliens is basically what I was trying to say. But The Animals roped me right back into literary fict......more
I'm wavering between 2 and 3 stars for this one, but will err on the side of "liked it". It's a good enough story. I think I just found the main character, Bill/Nat, too passive. Yes, he's got baggage from his childhood, but I was annoyed with his attitude of just wanting everything bad to go away.......more