Plainsong

Paperback:
301 pages (August 22, 2000)
Vintage Books
ISBN: 0375705856
Dimensions (in inches): 0.71 x 8.01 x 5.23
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Book Description
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.
-FROM THE CITATION FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

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