This work was merely ok. It definitely is not as good as his work titled Plainsong.Where You Once Belonged reads like a memoir in first person, even though it is fiction. The story begins at the end and moves back in time then ends where it began. That much was interesting. There was not much to ...
Haruf's humble characters resonate with authenticity. Haruf's characters are so real, so genuine and alive that the reader can't help but develop an empathy for them that is rare in fiction today. This is a spare, harsh novel about "the tie that binds" - which in this book is family. But in this ...
The glamour of the National Book Awards ceremony blows away the fusty air of the book world every November. Big publishers buy up acres of the banquet hall at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Little houses splurge a year's publicity budget on the $1,000-a-plate dinner. Even without the medal...
"Eventide" followed up many of the characters in "Plainsong," who live in the fictitious eastern Colorado ranchland town of Holt. The central plot followed the McPheron brothers and the teen mother Victoria whom they welcomed into their home, plus now her toddler Katie. Another family was intro...