"Here was this man Tom Guthrie in Holt standing at the back window in the kitchen of his house smoking cigarettes and looking over the back lot where the sun was just coming up."
-- Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
This is my book club book for September. So far, the consensus is that it is a "sweet" book. Hopefully we can all come up with more than that to say about it.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Opening Sentence of the Day: Plainsong
"Here was this man Tom Guthrie in Holt standing at the back window in the kitchen of his house smoking cigarettes and looking over the back lot where the sun was just coming up."
-- Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
This is my book club book for September. So far, the consensus is that it is a "sweet" book. Hopefully we can all come up with more than that to say about it.
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I will have much more to say. I loved it. Can't wait for the next meeting.
ReplyDeleteGood! I always look forward to your insights, Jen, because you have such a lovely way of looking at the world.
ReplyDeletesometimes short lists are the best kind! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe spare prose of the book was the first thing I noticed, beginning with that opening line. Those words become, as the pages go by, a song.
ReplyDeleteThe song lost some of its beauty in the movie. Too bad.
Malcolm
I have more words for you: butter porn.
ReplyDeleteI loved this book. I thought it was a bit more than sweet, but maybe that's just me.
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