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“Remarkable. . . . A deftly woven narrative saturated with violence, hardship, and triumph. Readers will be richly rewarded, for by the end of this deeply felt novel it is hard to let the frontier town and its people go.”  — San Francisco Chronicle

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

The Living is a tale full of gold minors, friendly railroad speculators, doe-eyed sweethearts, shifty card players, and 19th century adventures that will stay with you long after you close the book.

ISBN: 9780060924119
Imprint: Harper Perennial
On Sale: Nov 12, 2013
List price: $21.99
No of pages: 464
Trim Size: 5.300 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 1.300 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Historical / 19th Century / American Civil War Era
BISAC 2: FICTION / Literary
BISAC 3: FICTION / Family Life / General
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Annie Dillard

Biography

Annie Dillard is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Writing Life, The Living and The Maytrees. 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.


“Remarkable. . . . A deftly woven narrative saturated with violence, hardship, and triumph. Readers will be richly rewarded, for by the end of this deeply felt novel it is hard to let the frontier town and its people go.”  — San Francisco Chronicle

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

The Living is a tale full of gold minors, friendly railroad speculators, doe-eyed sweethearts, shifty card players, and 19th century adventures that will stay with you long after you close the book.

ISBN: 9780060924119
Imprint: Harper Perennial
On Sale: Nov 12, 2013
List price: $21.99
No of pages: 464
Trim Size: 5.300 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 1.300 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Historical / 19th Century / American Civil War Era
BISAC 2: FICTION / Literary
BISAC 3: FICTION / Family Life / General
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Annie Dillard

Biography

Annie Dillard is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Writing Life, The Living and The Maytrees. 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.