![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is Tom Guthrie, a schoolteacher, who is left to bring up his two young boys - Ike, 10, and Bobby, 9 - when his wife, incapacitated by depression, leaves him. The novel is set in rural Colorado in the 1980s and follows the trials and tribulations of a handful of diverse but interesting characters, each of whom has a personal problem to work through. Plainsong is a beautiful, sincere story about real people with complicated, messy lives - and I loved every single carefully chosen word of it. ![]() “Unlike so many contemporary writers, who expend vast quantities of energy being oh-so-clever, Haruf eschews wit for heart.” “Not only is his writing nearly perfect in its precision (not an extra word, not a single imperfect metaphor, every detail exactly chosen), Haruf’s compassion, his simplicity, his understanding of the human soul are inspiring,” said Lauren. Davis named Kent Haruf’s Plainsong as one of her favourite books for Triple Choice Tuesday earlier this year I knew I had to read it. Fiction – paperback Picador 301 pages 2001. ![]()
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