The Disinherited

By Matt Cohen

The Disinherited, first published in 1974, is one of Matt Cohen's four novels that came to be known as the Salem quartet--stories set in the fictional town of Salem in eastern Ontario, somewhere north of Kingston in the rugged farmland and forest of the Canadian Shield. These are the novels that first brought Matt Cohen to national attention. As with his Governor General's Award-winning novel, Elizabeth and After, The Disinherited is a novel of love and the land and their impact on a family dynasty, of the gradual encroachment of the modern-day city and its developers, and of the family's struggle against the threat of disintegration.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jan 28, 2011
• ISBN: 9780307368744

Reviews for The Disinherited

[ilovecookies_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This story is about a family and the land they own in a fictional town called Salem Ontario. The family witnesses the growing encroachment of the city and see farmland and open space disappearing