Plainsong

The characters in Plainsong to an extent remain enigmatic, and they're more convincing as a result.

Realism in Fiction 2008

Haruf returns to the small town of Holt, Colorado to continue the story he started in Plainsong (1999).

Eventide: Summary and book reviews of Eventide by Kent Haruf. 2004

Haruf's follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling Plainsong is as lovely and accomplished as its predecessor.

Eventide: Summary and book reviews of Eventide by Kent Haruf. 2004

Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is a novel to care about, believe in, and learn from.

Plainsong: Summary and book reviews of Plainsong by Kent Haruf. 1999

Plainsong is the best new novel I've read since Cold Mountain.

Plainsong: Summary and book reviews of Plainsong by Kent Haruf. 1999

Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is an American classic: a novel to care about, believe in, and learn from. please select ....

Plainsong by Kent Haruf: Questions 1999

Plainsong is a story of the abandonment, grief, and stoicism that bring these people together, and it is a story of the kindness, hope, and dignity that redeem their lives.

Plainsong by Kent Haruf: Questions 1999

Kent Haruf's new novel Plainsong is nothing short of a revelation.

Plainsong: Summary and book reviews of Plainsong by Kent Haruf. 1999

Plainsong is a beauty, as spare and heartbreaking as an abandoned homestead cabin, always tough but humane, never sentimental.

Plainsong: Summary and book reviews of Plainsong by Kent Haruf. 1999

Plainsong is the marvelous story of how seven extraordinary members of a tiny prairie community -- two dedicated teachers, two young boys wise beyond their years, a pair of wonderfully idiosyncratic rancher brothers and a pregnant high school girl -- come together, in the face of great difficulties, to form the most appealing extended family in contemporary fiction.

Plainsong: Summary and book reviews of Plainsong by Kent Haruf. 1999