Bücher von Kent Haruf

Shortlisted for the Folio Prize.One long last summer for Dad Lewis in his beloved town, Holt, Colorado. As old friends pass in and out to voice their farewells and good wishes, Dad's wife and daughter work to make his final days as comfortable as possible, knowing all is tainted by the heart-break of an absent son. Next door, a little girl with a troubled past moves in with her grandmother, and down town another new arrival, the Reverend Rob Lyle, attempts to mend strained relationships of his own.Utterly beautiful, and devastating yet affirming, Kent Haruf's Benediction explores the pain, the compassion and the humanity of ordinary people.

Acht Jahre sind vergangen, seit Jack Burdette - einstiger Liebling der Kleinstadt und bewunderter Footballstar - über Nacht verschwand und damit um Geld betrogene wütende Farmer und seine schwangere Frau samt Kindern zurückließ. Und dann ist er plötzlich wieder da, in einem roten Cadillac mitten auf der Main Street, und legt damit nicht nur den Finger in alte, nicht verheilte Wunden, sondern setzt Geschehnisse in Gang, die jeden Bewohner Holts treffen.

Preceding the astonishing Eventide and Benediction, this is Kent Haruf's first novel set in the imaginary landscape of Holt, Colorado.