Plainsong
New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
Format: Book
Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Description: 301 pages ; 21 cm
Ambitious, but never seeming so, Kent Haruf reveals a whole community as he interweaves the stories of a pregnant high school girl, a lonely teacher, a pair of boys abandoned by their mother, and a couple of crusty bachelor farmers. 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. -- Publisher description.
Target Audience: 770
ISBN:
0375705856
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Haruf | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Fiction | Out (Due: 5/23/2024) |
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Reprint. Originally published: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
Reading Counts! 7.5
National Book Award Finalist for Fiction, 1999.
Reading Counts! 7.5
National Book Award Finalist for Fiction, 1999.