· Eventide is a spare, delicate and beautiful book. Haruf has created another poignant meditation on the true meaning of family." –The Oregonian “A clear distillation of the writer's craft, [Eventide is] a book that grabs you by the heart on theBrand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. · Eventide (Plainsong, #2) by the amazing Kent Haruf continues the story of the characters we discovered in Plainsong, living their lives on the Denver Plains in fictional Holt County. Haruf describes the town of Holt and its surrounds beautifully, I found myself totally immersed in this description of the place, I could really feel it/5. Kent Haruf, author of Plainsong, one of the most beloved novels in recent years, has wisely continued the franchise in Eventide, another foray into the prairie town of Holt, Colorado. We meet some of the same people--the McPheron brothers, Tom Guthrie and Maggie Jones, Victoria and her daughter Katie, and are introduced to new ones/5().
Synopsis. Kent Haruf, award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt, Colorado, with a novel of masterful authority. The aging McPheron brothers are learning to live without Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they took in and who has now left their ranch to start college. by Kent Haruf ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 9, Haruf sings the second verse of his moving hymn to life on America's great plains. Eventide is a sequel to the Plainsong, Haruf's wonderfully straight-talking debut novel about life and work in and around Holt, Colorado, a withering town long miles from Denver and light-years from the coasts. Kent Haruf is a superb storyteller. The narrator of this audio edition is marvelous, perfectly suited to the setting and characters of this heartrending and heartwarming story. The second volume of Haruf's trilogy is populated with his characteristic range of loving, hateful, pitiful, heroic and ever so human inhabitants of the high plains town.
A novel about the contingency and instability of modern identity, American writer Kent Haruf’s Eventide () profiles several residents of the fictional town Holt, Colorado over part of a year. The novel is distinguished by its emphasis on characterization rather than plot, examining how the townspeople are entangled in each other’s perceptions, beliefs, narratives, and moral problems. Kent Haruf, author of Plainsong, one of the most beloved novels in recent years, has wisely continued the franchise in Eventide, another foray into the prairie town of Holt, Colorado. We meet some of the same people--the McPheron brothers, Tom Guthrie and Maggie Jones, Victoria and her daughter Katie, and are introduced to new ones. Set in the cattle country of the high plains, in and just outside of Holt, Colorado, Eventide tells the story of the McPheron brothers, Harold and Raymond, two elderly bachelor-ranchers, and the rich cast of characters who surround them. In many ways, Eventide is about the pain of separation. As the novel opens, Victoria Roubideaux is preparing to move away from the McPherons’ ranch to attend college in Fort Collins.
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