Search

Categories

« Man, I hate it when that happens! | Main | My path to geekdom »

Plainsong by Kent Haruf

I just completed the unabridged audio edition of Plainsong by Kent Haruf. I have to say, this was one of the very best audio books I've listened to. I particularly liked the portrayal of the main characters. Two of the characters, for instance, hardly speak or express any emotion, yet the author makes them deep and very believable.

The novel recounts a few months in the lives of some residents of a small farming town on the high plains in Colorado. I recognized in the characters aspects of my Kansas relatives and people I know from my youth in rural Texas. Haruf does an excellent job of portraying these characters.

Posted by Stan Taylor on November 15, 2005 01:06 PM
Categories: Books