Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Summary: Nothing seems to happen in this tender short novel written by Kent Haruf just a few weeks before dying. Everything is reduced to a minimum: language, actions even punctuation. An imaginary town full of gossip, a man and a woman in their seventies and an extraordinary proposition to make the most of what remains of their days. The book, although brief, is full of loss, failures and regrets, but also hope, love and friendship for the life yet to come. LRB Critical perspective: 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. 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. 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 ...