Sadly, Haruf passed away shortly after completing this exquisite final novel. Seventy-something widow Addie Moore walks down the block of her small town to make a proposal to Louis Waters, also in his seventies and windowed: namely, if he would consider coming to her house sometimes to sleep with her. She assures him it is not about sex but about companionship. Ursula Le Guin describes Haruf as “… stunningly original…He talks quietly, intimately, yet with reserve, as one adult to another.” Our Souls at Night is a careful meditation, not without drama, upon the meaning of human companionship and the sometimes conflicting family ties. Fortunately Haruf leaves a treasury of work including Plainsong, Benediction, Eventide, Where You Once Belonged, and The Tie That Binds, all fine and thoughtful novels, each of which I can heartily recommend.
–Bobby Tichenor, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR
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