Le chant des plaines
Chronique amazon.fr: Best-seller : l'étiquette, flatteuse pour certains publics, en fait frémir d'autres. Avec ce Chant des plaines (titre approximativement traduit, comme l'ensemble, hélas, de cette prose remarquable), on attendait [... more]
CDN$15.95
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Plainsong
From Amazon.com: Plainsong, according to Kent Haruf's epigraph, is "any simple and unadorned melody or air." It's a perfect description of this lovely, rough-edged book, set on the very edge of the Colorado plains. Tom Guthrie is a high school [... more]
CDN$21.00
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The Tie That Bind
You FELT the emotions of this book...: The author did a great job of conveying the frustration and loneliness of the characters. The voice of the story-teller was hard to follow occasionally, but overall I would encourage the reading of this book. [... more]
CDN$16.99
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Eventide
Couldn't get past page 100: I thought Plainsong was wonderful. This is made up of scraps from Haruf's garbage pile, parts that didn't fit into Plainsong, but that he loved too much to toss. There was absolutely no tension and no discernable plot. I also [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Where You Once Belonged
Where did all the editors go? he didn't pull it off...: Okay, I really like Kent Haruf's style of writing. I really like Plainsong, and I really wanted to like Where You Once Belonged. But the ending just ruined the whole thing. He just couldn't pull it [... more]
CDN$17.95
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The Tie That Binds
You FELT the emotions of this book...: The author did a great job of conveying the frustration and loneliness of the characters. The voice of the story-teller was hard to follow occasionally, but overall I would encourage the reading of this book. [... more]
CDN$17.95
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