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Plainsong – the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times; any simple and unadorned melody or air
This definition perfectly describes this gentle, unassuming yet impactful novel. Haruf introduces us to several residents of the small town of Holt, Colorado: Tom Guthrie, a high school teacher struggling to raise his two young sons (Ike and Bobby, ages 9 and 10) after their mother leaves; Victoria Robideaux, a pregnant teenager forced to try to make it on her own; th ...more
This definition perfectly describes this gentle, unassuming yet impactful novel. Haruf introduces us to several residents of the small town of Holt, Colorado: Tom Guthrie, a high school teacher struggling to raise his two young sons (Ike and Bobby, ages 9 and 10) after their mother leaves; Victoria Robideaux, a pregnant teenager forced to try to make it on her own; th ...more
In Plainsong, Kent Haruf has written a beautiful book about a small town community and the life you find there. In prose as spare as the scenery of Holt, Colorado he gives us a picture of loneliness, desolation, family, love and the ordinary, everyday interaction both good and bad that goes on in any community but looms large in a small one. Everyone knows what's going on and sometimes everyone has a hand in it.
Haruf's characters are so perfectly suited to this town that they feel totally real. ...more
Haruf's characters are so perfectly suited to this town that they feel totally real. ...more
Plainsong takes place in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, and chronicles the lives of some of the residents.
Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, finds himself faced with the task of raising two young sons by him self after his wife descends into depression. Victoria Roubideaux, a high school girl with a hostile and unsympathetic mother, discovers she is pregnant by a boy she hardly knows. Maggie Jones works at the high school and is one of the book's strongest characters. Fortunately ...more
Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, finds himself faced with the task of raising two young sons by him self after his wife descends into depression. Victoria Roubideaux, a high school girl with a hostile and unsympathetic mother, discovers she is pregnant by a boy she hardly knows. Maggie Jones works at the high school and is one of the book's strongest characters. Fortunately ...more
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