Author | C. E. Morgan |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Set in | Kentucky |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2009 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
All the Living is the 2009 debut novel of American author C. E. Morgan.
Morgan wrote the novel over the course of a fourteen-day period. [1]
The novel received positive reviews. [2] Critics writing for Tin House and The Boston Globe highlighted the quality of Morgan's prose. [3] [4]
The novel was a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. [5]
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