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The Living

by Annie Dillard

The Living Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This New York Times bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard is a mesmerizing evocation of life in the Pacific Northwest during the last decades of the 19th century.

Review:

"A novel of character that blends history, social change, and individual dreams in a sophisticated, seamless prose." Seattle Times

Review:

"[An] impressive piece of fiction....[Dillard] has given herself a landscape large enough to challenge her talents." Los Angeles Times

Review:

"[A] triumph of narrative skill and faithful research." Kirkus Reviews

Review:

"The kind of book a reader sinks into completely....The characters are so compelling, the setting so detailed, so convincing, so absolutely complete." Boston Globe

Review:

"Above all, a novel about the precarious, wondrous, solitary, terrifying, utterly common condition of human life." Washington Post

About the Author

Annie Dillard is the author of ten books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, as well as An American Childhood, The Living, and Mornings Like This. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and has received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Born in 1945 in Pittsburgh, Dillard attended Hollins College in Virginia. After living for five years in the Pacific Northwest, she returned to the East Coast, where she lives with her family.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780060924119
Author:
Dillard, Annie
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Annie Dillard
Location:
New York, NY :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Washington (state)
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Bellingham Region (Wash.)
Subject:
Bellingham Region (Wash.) History Fiction.
Subject:
Bellingham Region
Subject:
Bellingham Region (Wash.) - History
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1
Edition Description:
1st HarperPerennial ed.
Publication Date:
February 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
816x532x110 77

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