Ron Rindo Life, and Death, and Giants review and information of the content of the new novel by the American author. St. Martin’s Press will publish the new Ron Rindo novel, on october 11, 2025.
Ron Rindo Life, and Death, and Giants review
- “Life, and Death, and Giants is an intriguing and alluring novel from beginning to end. The events are startling, sad, amusing, invigorating, and informative. Reading it is like meeting a family that you never knew existed and becoming close friends in a few weeks. Highly recommended.” (
- “A rare novel … Unbearably moving, yet hopeful and transcendent in all the best ways. Just read it. Lose yourself in it. Be changed by it.” (
- “A small-town novel as magical and moral as a tall tale.” (
Life, and Death, and Giants
- Author: Ron Rindo (United States)
- Book type: American novel
- Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
- To be released: 11 October 2025
- Length: 336 pages
- Format: hardcover / ebook
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Blurb of the new book by Ron Rindo
A remarkable child transforms a small rural community – and, soon, the world.
In Lakota, Wisconsin, a young, unmarried Amish woman births a miraculous, eighteen-pound baby, and no one in the community knows what to make of the boy.
Raised by his brother on a struggling farm, Gabriel Fisher walks at eight months, communicates with animals and possesses astonishing athletic abilities. When his brother dies, Gabriel is taken in by his devout grandparents and, for a time, he disappears into the anonymity of Amish life.
But then, aged seventeen and nearly eight feet tall, Gabriel is spotted working in a hayfield by the local football coach and his life changes for ever.
In Life, and Death, and Giants, Gabriel’s extraordinary, timeless story is told by those whose lives are transformed by him: the veterinarian who delivers him and becomes his mentor; his grandmother, who is troubled by a deep void in her faith; the salty bar owner who acts as a bridge between the Amish and English communities in Lakota; and the football coach who tries to counsel Gabriel as his fame explodes, with consequences that no one could have anticipated.
Ron Rindo is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He has published one previous novel, Breathing Lake Superior, and three short story collections. He lives in Pickett, Wisconsin.
