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Plainsong

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Plainsong
Plainsong

Heartfelt family drama set in Colorado plains.

"Plainsong" is a tapestry of interconnected lives, each character resonating with authenticity and quiet strength. You'll feel rooted in Holt, Colorado, a backdrop that serves as another character in the narrative. The subtle triumphs and nuanced struggles of each resident are painted with such care that you'll finish the book feeling as if you've lived among them—and that's an experience worth savoring.

  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Adult (2000)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1999)
  • ALA Alex Award (2000)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1999)
  • Society of Midland Authors Award for Adult Fiction (2000)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2001)
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Plainsong

by Kent Haruf
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ISBN: 9780375705854
Authors: Kent Haruf
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2000-08-22
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.04
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A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver. In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl—her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house—is pregnant, alone herself, with nowhere to go. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they've ever known. From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together—their fates somehow overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant. As the milieu widens to embrace fully four generations, Kent Haruf displays an emotional and aesthetic authority to rival the past masters of a classic American tradition. Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is a novel to care about, believe in, and learn from.
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Heartfelt family drama set in Colorado plains.

"Plainsong" is a tapestry of interconnected lives, each character resonating with authenticity and quiet strength. You'll feel rooted in Holt, Colorado, a backdrop that serves as another character in the narrative. The subtle triumphs and nuanced struggles of each resident are painted with such care that you'll finish the book feeling as if you've lived among them—and that's an experience worth savoring.

  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Adult (2000)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1999)
  • ALA Alex Award (2000)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1999)
  • Society of Midland Authors Award for Adult Fiction (2000)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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