HARUF, KENT
A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future.
In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis's wife. His daughter lives hours away in Colorado Springs, her son even farther away in Grand Junction, and Addie and Louis have long been living alone in houses now empty of family, the nights so terribly lonely, especially with no one to talk with.
Their brave adventures - their pleasures and their difficulties - are hugely involving and truly resonant, making Our Souls at Night the perfect final installment to this beloved writer's enduring contribution to American literature.
Nascut a Colorado el 1943 va publicar la seva primera novel·la el 1984, The Tie That Binds, que va merèixer el Whiting Award i una menció especial de la Hemingway Foundation. Where You Once Belonged va ser el següent llibre el 1990. Però l'èxit va arribar amb Plainsong, publicada el 1999. Amb aquesta novel·la va guanyar diversos premis i va ser finalista de National Book Award, el Los Angeles Times Book Prize i el New Yorker Book Award. El 2014 li va ser diagnosticat un càncer i Haruf es va tancar a escriure la seva última novel·la, Nosaltres en la nit, que quedarà en la memòria de tots els lectors.