The Living
About this audiobook
“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.
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About the author
Annie Dillard (1945 – 2026) is the acclaimed author of more than ten books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, as well as An American Childhood, The Living, and Mornings Like This. She was the recipient of many awards and honors including the National Humanities Medal, was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, and received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She died on September 15, 2026 at the age of 81.
