![]() ![]() Haruf handles his last novel with the poignancy and spare prose all lovely and I find I will keep OUR SOULS AT NIGHT, to reread over and over again! And neighbors jabber away over fenceposts because they have nothing better to do, or are just jealous. ![]() We watch this lovely story become tense as children jump into the huddle and make a mess. Old people have the right to live their lives as they see fit, as long as they are physically, mentally, and monetarily able. Adult children poke their noses into our business and make assumptions, just because we are senior citizens. Then, when we are older, it is once again, about who we hang with and what we do. I kept thinking about how as young people we are scolded about what we wear, who we hang out with, and what we do. We each need someone to share our lives with in some way or form. It makes me think of all the lonely people living alone who may not have to be. In OUR SOULS AT NIGHT, he tells the story of Addie and Louis, and their lives before and after their spouses pass away. And to bring his simple characters to life. Kent Haruf was blessed with his innate ability to use dialog to tell his stories. And Addie finally asks Louis, after much skirting of the issues, “ I wonder if you would consider coming to my house sometimes to sleep with me.” Now the story truly gets going:) And these were not just any two people: they both were older folk who had lost their spouses, recently. You see, Addie had a little something special to ask of Louis. When the first paragraph went like this: “ And the n there was the day when Addie Moore made a call on Louis Waters.” This was not just any visit, though. Here’s my review of this amazing little book. Sometimes a book just should NOT become a movie. Her voice just didn’t seem right for this. On Today they showed a snippet with Jane’s character asking Redford’s character a critical question. Doubtless, there will be those people who have not read the book. Well, what you should do is READ this magnificent little book that is sooo big. Then he was asked questions that he refused to answer saying just that you should see the movie. He sat sipping a cup of coffee and telling Matt how he is not a morning person. It was all Redford could do to be in the moment. I saw an interview on The Today Show this morning. However, I thought they would make a great couple for this movie. I don’t know about you but I love Robert Redford. ( From the publisher.Okay, here is the trailer for the movie edition of OUR SOULS AT NIGHT, the must-read book from the late Kent Haruf. Their brave adventures-their pleasures and their difficulties-are hugely involving and truly resonant, making Our Souls at Night the perfect final installment to this beloved writer’s enduring contribution to American literature. His daughter lives hours away in Colorado Springs, her son even farther away in Grand Junction, and Addie and Louis have long been living alone in houses now empty of family, the nights so terribly lonely, especially with no one to talk with. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis’s wife. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf’s inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future.
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