All the Living: A Novel - Hardcover

Morgan, C. E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374103623 ISBN 13: 9780374103620

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2009

Synopsis

Moving to a remote tobacco farm that her lover inherited when the rest of his family was killed in a terrible accident, a young woman in 1984 Kentucky struggles with their isolated life, her lover's grief, and a budding friendship with a dynamic young preacher.

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Review:

Praise for ‘All The Living’:

'A distinctive and wonderful book, which lingers and deepens in your mind' Hilary Mantel

'Steeped in dust, sweat, tension and desire, “All the Living” feels like a classic - the finest first novel I've read in years' Tash Aw

‘This striking novel is rich in future promise.’ Sunday Times

‘[A] lyrical tale of grief and gruelling love on a tobacco farm ... [Morgan’s] pacing is shrewd. By the time the harvest is done, two lonely people are fused, if not consoled.’ New Yorker

‘As I read the opening pages of “All the Living” I was suddenly no longer in my study but gazing out at the leafy tobacco plants of a small Kentucky farm where a young couple are struggling to make their living, and their lives. In seemingly effortless prose, C.E. Morgan captures both the complexity and the simplicity of Orren’s relentlessly hard work and Aloma’s dangerous drift towards another man. A wonderful debut.’ Margot Livesey

‘[An] elegant debut novel...reminiscent of Flannery O’Connor and Carson McCullers. Morgan dutifully shows how ambivalence, duty and deceit might play out in a claustrophobic agrarian world.’ TLS

‘A perceptive portrayal of love and the burden of loss in the American South.’ Waterstone’s Books Quarterly

‘Sweetly haunting.’ The List

About the Author:

C.E. Morgan studied English and voice at Berea College and holds a master’s in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School. She lives in Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0374103623
• ISBN 13: 9780374103620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 199