Background
Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of a Methodist minister.
(In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-win...)
In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf tells of a small-town hero who is dealt an enviable hand--and cheats with all of the cards. Deftly plotted, defiantly honest, Where You Once Belonged sings the song of a wounded prairie community in a narrative with the earmarks of a modern American classic. In prose as lean and supple as a spring switch, Haruf describes a high school football star who wins the heart of the loveliest girl in the county and the admiration of men twice his age. Fun-loving, independent, Burdette engages in the occasional prank. But when he turns into a man, his high jinks turn into crimes--with unspeakable consequences. Now, eight years later, Burdette has returned to commit his greatest trespass of all. And the people of Holt may not be able to stop him.
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(From Book 1: National Book Award Finalist A heartstrong ...)
From Book 1: National Book Award Finalist A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver. In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl—her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house—is pregnant, alone herself, with nowhere to go. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they've ever known. From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together—their fates somehow overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant. As the milieu widens to embrace fully four generations, Kent Haruf displays an emotional and aesthetic authority to rival the past masters of a classic American tradition.
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(In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of...)
In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis's wife. His daughter lives hours away, her son even farther, and Addie and Louis have long been living alone in empty houses, the nights so terribly lonely, especially with no one to talk with. But maybe that could change? As Addie and Louis come to know each other better--their pleasures and their difficulties--a beautiful story of second chances unfolds, making Our Souls at Night the perfect final installment to this beloved writer's enduring contribution to American literature.
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(From the bestselling author of Eventide, The Tie That Bin...)
From the bestselling author of Eventide, The Tie That Binds is a powerfully eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit. Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chicken feed slit with a knife, a milky-eyed dog tied outdoors one cold afternoon. The motives: the brutal business of farming and a family code of ethics as unforgiving as the winter prairie itself. Here, Kent Haruf delivers the sweeping tale of a woman of the American High Plains, as told by her neighbor, Sanders Roscoe. As Roscoe shares what he knows, Edith's tragedies unfold: a childhood of pre-dawn chores, a mother's death, a violence that leaves a father dependent on his children, forever enraged. Here is the story of a woman who sacrifices her happiness in the name of family--and then, in one gesture, reclaims her freedom.
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(From simple elements, Haruf achieves a novel of wisdom an...)
From simple elements, Haruf achieves a novel of wisdom and grace- a narrative that builds in strength and feeling until, as in a choral chant, the voices in the book surround, transport, and lift the reader off the ground. - from the citation for the National Book Award Nomination
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( Nosotros en la noche es una joya escondida: una histori...)
Nosotros en la noche es una joya escondida: una historia concisa, conmovedora, agridulce pero a la vez inspiradora, con el revelador sentido del humor que solo poseen aquellos que han llegado a una edad en la que poco importa lo que puedan decir los demás. Louis Waters y Addie Moore llevan gran parte de su vida siendo vecinos en la apacible localidad de Holt, en Colorado. Ambos enviudaron hace años y acaban de franquear las puertas de la vejez, por lo que no han tenido más opción que acostumbrarse a estar solos, sobre todo en las horas más difíciles, después del anochecer. Pero Addie no está dispuesta a conformarse. De la forma más natural, decide hacer una inesperada visita a su vecino: «Me preguntaba si vendrías a pasar las noches conmigo. Y hablar...». Ante tan sorprendente propuesta, Louis no puede hacer otra cosa que acceder. Al principio se sienten extraños, pero noche tras noche van conociéndose de nuevo: hablan de su juventud y sus matrimonios, de sus esperanzas pasadas y sus miedos presentes, de sus logros y errores. La intimidad entre ambos va creciendo y, a pesar de las habladurías de los vecinos y la incomprensión de sus propios hijos, vislumbran la posibilidad real de pasar juntos el resto de sus días. Reseñas: «Una evocación de un lugar y unos personajes sutilmente devastadora y delicada. La historia de Haruf resuena a través de una serie de detalles cuidadosamente escogidos; la novela es plácida pero nunca complaciente.» The New Yorker «Un escritor que posee una originalidad deslumbrante. Habla pausadamente, con intimidad pero con contención, de un adulto a otro. Es cuidadoso a la hora de contar una buena historia. Y es una buena historia, sencillamente buena; destila verdad.» Ursula K. LeGuin, The Guardian «Su peculiar talento fue convertir el más puro decoro en un tema conmovedor. Esta novela trata sobre la tenaz insistencia en que los elementos sencillos conlleven profundidad, y eso los lectores lo agradecerán.» The New York Times Book Review «Completamente cautivadora y destilada con una pureza elemental.» The Washington Post «Breve, sobria y conmovedora ....Nosotros en la noche ya está causando conmoción.» The Wall Street Journal ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A Best Book of the Year The Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and The Denver Post In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis's wife. His daughter lives hours away, her son even farther, and Addie and Louis have long been living alone in empty houses, the nights so terribly lonely, especially with no one to talk with. But maybe that could change? As Addie and Louis come to know each other better–their pleasures and their difficulties–a beautiful story of second chances unfolds, making Our Souls at Night the perfect final installment to this beloved writer's enduring contribution to American literature.
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Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of a Methodist minister.
He graduated with a Bachelor from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965, where he would later teach, and earned an Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers" hop at the University of Iowa in 1973.
Before becoming a writer, Haruf worked in a variety of places, including a chicken farm in Colorado, a construction site in Wyoming, a rehabilitation hospital in Denver, a hospital in Phoenix, a presidential library in Iowa, an alternative high school in Wisconsin, as an English teacher with the Peace Corps in Turkey, and colleges in Nebraska and Illinois. All of Haruf"s novels take place in the fictional town of Holt, in eastern Colorado. Holt is based on Yuma, Colorado, one of Haruf"s residences in the early 1980s.
Where You Once Belonged followed in 1990.
A number of his short stories have appeared in literary magazines. Plainsong was published in 1999 and became a United States. bestseller.
Eventide, a sequel to Plainsong, was published in 2004. Library Journal described the writing as "honest storytelling that is compelling and rings true." Jonathan Miles saw it as a "repeat performance" and "too goodhearted."
On November 30, 2014, Haruf died at his home in Salida, Colorado at the age of 71.
He died of interstitial lung disease.
1986 - Whiting Award for fiction
2005 - Colorado Book Award for Eventide
2005 - Finalist for the Book Sense Award for Eventide
2009 - Dos Passos Prize for Literature
2012 - Wallace Stegner Award
2014 - Folio Prize shortlist for Benediction.
( Nosotros en la noche es una joya escondida: una histori...)
(From simple elements, Haruf achieves a novel of wisdom an...)
(In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-win...)
(From the bestselling author of Eventide, The Tie That Bin...)
(In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of...)
(From Book 1: National Book Award Finalist A heartstrong ...)
(Where You Once Belonged by Haruf,Kent. 2000 Paperback)
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