Our Souls at Night
Author: Kent Haruf
ISBN: 9781447299370
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Year first published: 26 Apr 2016
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
From the Folio Prize-shortlisted author of Plainsong, Eventide and Benediction, a stunning novel about finding happiness.
SOON TO BE A MOTION PICTURE
"Absolutely beautiful" The Times
"Gripping and tender" Publishers Weekly
This is a love story.
A story about growing old with grace.
Addie Moore and Louis Waters have been neighbours for years. Now they both live alone, their houses empty of family, their quiet nights solitary. Then one evening Addie pays Louis a visit.
Their brave adventures form the beating heart of Our Souls at Night, Kent Haruf's exquisite final novel.
MORE PRAISE FOR OUR SOULS AT NIGHT
"Luminous" Ursula K Le Guin, Guardian
"I loved Kent Haruf's small-town love story" David Nicholls
"A delicate, sneakily devastating evocation of place and character . . . Haruf's story accumulates resonance through carefully chosen details; the novel is quiet but never complacent" New Yorker
"Short, spare and moving" Wall Street Journal
"Gritty, painful and human . . . Haruf's final novel is a beacon of hope; he is sorely missed" Financial Times
ISBN: 9781447299370
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Year first published: 26 Apr 2016
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
From the Folio Prize-shortlisted author of Plainsong, Eventide and Benediction, a stunning novel about finding happiness.
SOON TO BE A MOTION PICTURE
"Absolutely beautiful" The Times
"Gripping and tender" Publishers Weekly
This is a love story.
A story about growing old with grace.
Addie Moore and Louis Waters have been neighbours for years. Now they both live alone, their houses empty of family, their quiet nights solitary. Then one evening Addie pays Louis a visit.
Their brave adventures form the beating heart of Our Souls at Night, Kent Haruf's exquisite final novel.
MORE PRAISE FOR OUR SOULS AT NIGHT
"Luminous" Ursula K Le Guin, Guardian
"I loved Kent Haruf's small-town love story" David Nicholls
"A delicate, sneakily devastating evocation of place and character . . . Haruf's story accumulates resonance through carefully chosen details; the novel is quiet but never complacent" New Yorker
"Short, spare and moving" Wall Street Journal
"Gritty, painful and human . . . Haruf's final novel is a beacon of hope; he is sorely missed" Financial Times
