All the Living

This book really got under my skin and I'm finding it hard to pinpoint exactly why. The way Morgan uses language is lyrical and arresting, and the sense of place is exquisite. The book explores themes of love, belonging, grief and compromise, and the overall feeling it has left me with is a sort of......more

All The Living The title of C.E. Morgan's first novel derives from Ecclesiastes 9:5. Morgan quotes the Scriptural text as an epigraph: "There is an evil in all that happens under the sun, that the same fate comes to everyone. Moreover,the hearts of all are full of evil; madness is in their hearts whi......more

The eternal quandaries of the human condition rarely change. This story is no exception. There is Alona. Orphaned at so young an age she has no memories of her parents. Moved to an overcrowded relative’s home she is sent to live at a girl’s school. Here she discovers something that graces her with a......more

I might have given this 3 stars if I based it solely on the story which is slow moving and where nothing seems to really happen . Then I thought about how much the writing conveyed and decided 3 stars wouldn't be fair . There's no need for me to give a synopsis of the book ; you can read that yourse......more

Non sapevo praticamente nulla di questo libro quando ho iniziato a leggerlo, eppure in qualche modo ha corrisposto alle mie aspettative, è rimasto fedele alle emozioni che mi ha trasmesso l'immagine di copertina. Cercavo una storia di natura (anche umana) desolata, solitaria e silenziosa ed è quello......more