The Biggest Animals Author:Michael Kenyon The Biggest Animals illuminates the life of Rosa Pryznyk, a Great War survivor and immigrant who lands in America in love, penniless, and fated. But it is not entirely Rosa’s story that rules the narrative space; it is also Sam Gentles’ story, for it is he who writes the novel of Rosa’s life. And it is Herb Thedal’s story, the director of... more » the film version of Sam’s novel.
This ambitious novel bridges Europe and North America, the old and new pandemics, pre-Great War pastoral and the New Age. The game, quarry, and spoils are familiar, but the biggest animals who roam Kenyon’s landscape with a relentless savagery will not be forgotten.« less