Synopsis
Following the astonishing Plainsong, Eventide is Kent Haruf's second novel set in his imaginary landscape of Holt, Colorado.
Harold and Raymond McPheron are finally waving goodbye to their beloved Victoria, a young mother with a first chance at an education. Betty and Luther Wallace are struggling to keep their heads above water and their children out of care, and in the...
Details
28 June 2012510 pages
9780330474276Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Possesses the haunting appeal of music, the folksy rhythms of an American tale and the lovely, measured grace of an old hymn.Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
Wonderful . . . peopled with individuals whose ordinary lives are invested with epic quality and truth.Niall Williams, Sunday Times
This is a novel that succeeds in affirming life without ducking its hardships.Mail on Sunday
Two taciturn bachelor brothers, a dim-bulb couple living in a trailer, a quiet preteen boy living with his grandfather, a social worker, and a young mother abandoned by her husband . . . The plain truth is you can’t stop reading or caring about them.Boston Globe
