Kent Haruf
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Alan Kent Haruf was an American writer born and raised in the US state of Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains, mostly in the fictional town of Holt.
In later life, Haruf lived with his wife Cathy near Salida, Colorado.
Yuma, Colorado served as inspiration for Haruf's fictional town of Holt.
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Plainsong (novel)
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Plainsong is a novel by Kent Haruf. Set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, it tells the interlocking stories of some of the inhabitants. The title comes from a type of unadorned music sung in Ch
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…published in 1984 when he was 41. Although Haruf's first two novels received critical praise, commercial success eluded him until the publication of Plainsong in 1999, which became a bestseller. He followed it up with Eventide (2005), a direct sequel to Plainsong, and Benediction (2013). Throughout Haruf's…
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