This is a beautiful novel; set in the low mountain hills of the American west on a tobacco farm, everything about this book reflects - and is affected by - the landscape. The writing is stunning and the pace of the story is so evocative of the slow, hard lives the main characters lead. The internal and external toils of both characters are so beautifully expressed, it is quite extraordinary how affected one feels. This is such an evocative book.
The relationship between men and women, the hard lives we lead and the distances we put between ourselves, each other, and where we want to be…ALL THE LIVING is a magnificent novel