The Kindness of Strangers: The Fiction of Kent Haruf.

CRITICISM; PLAINSONG (Book); TIE That Binds, The (Book); HARUF, Kent, 1943-2014; VALUES in literature

A literary criticism of the books "Plainsong" and "The Tie That Binds," by Kent Haruf are presented. Haruf records the dangerous appeal of the amorphous. Article topics include defeatism, the landscape of northeastern Colorado, Christianity in the U.S., equality before the law, family values, and the role of women.