Kent Haruf Books

Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American novelist born in Pueblo, Colorado. His fiction often returns to the people and landscapes of the American West, especially the fictional Colorado town of Holt. His best-known books…

Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American novelist born in Pueblo, Colorado. His fiction often returns to the people and landscapes of the American West, especially the fictional Colorado town of Holt. His best-known books include Plainsong, Eventide, and Benediction, which form the Holt trilogy, as well as Our Souls at Night. In spare, compassionate prose, Haruf explored family, loneliness, community, and the quiet connections that shape ordinary lives.