Plainsong
by KENt Haruf
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: QPD. Paperback. Book club edition. Slight wear on cover edges. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Clean pages. Location: LRT/E . Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 2000.
Synopsis
A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl -- her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house -- is pregnant, alone herself, with nowhere to go. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they've ever known.From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together -- their fates somehow overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant. As the milieu widens to embrace fully four generations, Kent Haruf displays an emotional and aesthetic authority to rival the past masters of a classic American tradition.Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is a novel to care about, believe in, and learn from.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Seller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003120
- Title
- Plainsong
- Author
- KENt Haruf
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- QPD
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mainstream Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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