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Frank Solle reviews Plainsong in the Beaver Beacon

Also Another Book · Another Reviewer 2004

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Date2004-12
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Summary

Frank Solle reviews Kent Haruf’s Plainsong, describing its rural Colorado setting, plainspoken prose, and sympathetic treatment of difficult family and community situations.

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The article records a local newspaper review, not local readership, sales, or library holdings.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "Another Book, Another Reviewer."
    Frank Solle recommends Kent Haruf's 1999 novel Plainsong, emphasizing its plainspoken style, rural setting, and treatment of difficult family and community situations. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the book review.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Frank Solle reviews Plainsong in the Beaver Beacon”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-plainsong-book-review-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "Another Book, Another Reviewer." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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