We Are the Living

We Are the Living

First edition
Author	Erskine Caldwell
Country	USA
Language	English
Published	1933 (1933)
Publisher	Viking Press

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We Are the Living is a 1933 collection of short stories by Erskine Caldwell, comprising some of this writer's earlier works.

Style[]

The stories are of different characters, some obviously intended as humorous or satirical while others are lyrical, romantic and/or tragic. Most of them are laid against the background of the lives of ordinary people in the contemporary US South, the social milieu most familiar to the author - some being specifically located in his home state of Georgia.

Contents[]

The stories in the book include:

• "Warm River"
• "We Are Looking at You, Agnes"
• "The People's Choice"
• "Indian Summer"
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• "The Medicine Man"
• "Picking Cotton"
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External links[]

• Cover of the first edition