Kent Haruf

Book Review(s): Two by Kent Haruf

RIP Kent Haruf, who died November 30, 2014 at the age of 71. Here is an earlier post about two of his books. A wonderful writer.

plainsong

Plainsong. In this moving story of family disintegration and re-creation, Haruf’s distant omniscient narration is balanced by the weight of scene over narrative exposition—over one hundred scenes in forty-four short chapters. He uses selection of incident, rather than interior monologue or narrative exposition, to create sympathetic connections between characters and reader.

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