Eventide [Advance Reader's Edition]

Kent Haruf

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004

0375411585 / 9780375411588

Serie: Buch 2 von 3 - Plainsong

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Advance Reader's Edition in paperback of First Edition. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in FINE condition. "Haruf's follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling Plainsong is as lovely and accomplished as its predecessor. The aging bachelor McPheron brothers and their beloved charges, Victoria and her daughter, Katie, return (though Victoria quickly heads off to college), and Haruf introduces new folks--a disabled couple and their children, an old man and the grandson who lives with him--in this moving exploration of smalltown lives in rural Holt, Colorado. Ranchers Raymond and Harold McPheron have spent their whole lives running land that has been in their family for many generations, so when Harold is killed by an enraged bull, worn-out Raymond faces a void unlike any he has ever known. His subsequent first-ever attempts at courtship and romance are almost heartbreaking in their innocence, but after some missteps, he finds unexpected happiness with kind Rose Tyler. Rose is the caseworker for a poor couple struggling so dimly and futilely to better their lives that it becomes painful to witness. Children play crucial roles in the novel's tapestry of rural life, and they are not spared life's trials. But Haruf's characters, such as 11-year-old orphan DJ Kephart, who cares for his retired railroad worker grandfather, and Mary Wells, whose husband abandons her with two young girls, maintain an elemental dignity no matter how buffeted by adversity. And while there is much sadness and hardship in this portrait of a community, Haruf's sympathy for his characters, no matter how flawed they are, make this an uncommonly rich novel."--Publishers Weekly. "EVENTIDE possesses the haunting appeal of music, the folksy rhythms of an American ballad and the lovely, measured grace of an old hymn. Mr. Haruf's understated prose, combined with his emotional wisdom and his easy affection for his characters turns [the novel's] events into affecting drama. In mapping the postage-stamp-size world of Holt, he has limned the loneliness of the people there and their resilience and capacity for hope."--Michiko Kakutani. "Haruf is a master of evocative description, [and his] lyrical style, which has been compared to that of Hemingway and Chekhov, quickly infects the reader with its own peculiar rhythms, to the point at which putting down the book and returning to real-world conversation is jarring. Most important, there is Haruf's spirit, which suggests that people unrelated by blood can and must form families, that a simple act of goodwill can occur even when it seems impossible."--Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "EVENTIDE is a clear distillation of the writer's craft, a book that grabs you by the heart on the first page, refusing to release its grasp until the last. Just as day moves from late afternoon into night, Haruf's characters move inevitably toward, and through, personal challenge, [and] it is through these lives, both distinct and entwined, that Haruf quietly explores all that makes us human."--Robin Vidimos, Denver Post. Pristine paperback ARE copy w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine & no jacket as issued. Collectible.

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Titel
Eventide [Advance Reader's Edition]
Autor
Kent Haruf
Verlag
Alfred A. Knopf
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2004
Zustand
Fine
Schutzumschlag
No Jacket
Einband
Soft cover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0375411585
ISBN-13
9780375411588
Ausgabe
Special Edition
Serie
Buch 2 von 3: Plainsong

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