Eventide (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Kent Haruf
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Holt, Colorado
- Principal Characters: Raymond McPheron, Harold McPheron, Victoria Roubideaux, Katie Roubideaux, Luther Wallace, Betty June Wallace, Joy Rae Wallace, Richie Wallace, Hoyt Raines, Rose Tyler, DJ Kephart, Mary Wells, Dena Wells
- Genres: Long fiction, Western fiction
- Subjects: Children, United States or Americans, Rural or country life, Social work, West, U.S., Child abuse, Violence, Colorado, Loneliness, Ranches, ranchers, or ranching
- Locales: Colorado
Like his immensely popular Plainsong (1999), Kent Haruf's fourth novel, Eventide, is set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, a rural community so small that people can safely leave their car keys on the front seat. This book revisits some of the same characters found in previous works, most notably the crusty McPheron brothers and teenager Victoria Roubideaux. Ranchers Harold and Raymond McPheron are still the comical, tenderhearted old bachelors who took in the pregnant Victoria after her mother locked her out. In the two years since then, Victoria has given birth to...
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