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Kent Haruf - Plainsong

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From the unsettled lives of three people emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together. Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, "Plainsong" is a heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation, and tenacity.
 

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A plain and ordinary treasure

Date of Review:  Jun 7, 2001
The Bottom Line: Plainsong is a beautifully written, interesting read with memorable characters set in small town America.
Review: This book tricked me. It fooled me into thinking at first that it was about mostly small things, really not much more than brief glimpses into the lives of a few characters. I was also caught off guard by how carefully structured the novel is. The...
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by: ebolles
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Simple and powerful language and style...
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None for me. Some may not like the...
 

Plainsong - a haunting melody of life in a small town

Date of Review:  Aug 8, 2005
The Bottom Line: Plainsong is like a pot of vegetable soup. None of the ingredients stand out. It's the mixture that works.
Review: Kent Haruf defines plainsong as any simple and unadorned melody, and the description aptly captures the essence of his novel by the same name. This simple slice-of-life glimpse at a year in a small Colorado town is more cotton sheets than...
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The stories are simple but meaningful...
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I would have liked more stories, but...
 

An Absolutely Joyful Read

Date of Review:  Jul 6, 2000
Review: Plainsong is a joyful tale of an unexpected family of unrelated people bound together for their common need to love and be loved. The very small east Colorado town of Holt is the setting. All inhabitants know each other's histories and current...
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excellently portrayed characters, good...
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not long enough! ;)
 
 

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Authors Kent Haruf
Fiction Genre Unknown
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 1999 National Book Award

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  Hassler, Jon, Chicago Tribune Books: "When was the last time I read an entire novel in two days? Probably 55 years ago, when I was a teenager....[N]ow, half a century later, I've had the delightful experience once again of becoming so absorbed in a book that I couldn't have slowed down if I tried.....The book is Kent Haruf's PLAINSONG, the most controlled, cohesive novel I've come across in a long time....[A]s flawlessly unified as a short story by Poe or Chekhov."

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  Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books (August 01, 2000)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.6 lbs.
ISBN: 9780375705854

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  Here was this man Tom Guthrie in Holt standing at the back window in the kitchen of his house smoking cigarettes and looking out over the back lot where the sun was just coming up.
 

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