Books similar to our souls at night our souls at night. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when addie tries to make a connection with her neighbor. Haruf set all of his books in the fictional small town of holt, colo. Attendance at the meeting was way down, only four gals attended, but we had a spirited discussion over this short, gem of a book. Our souls at night is a 2017 american romantic drama film directed by ritesh batra and written by scott neustadter and michael h. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Why, he asks for the third time since night has fallen, do mainstream scientists refuse to accept the evidence we have for reincarnation. Our souls at night by kent haruf is a tale of the relationship between two aging neighbors who lived in the rural midwestern united states. An interview with cathy haruf on the publication of her late husband kent harufs novel our souls at night. Our souls at night, his final novel, opens with an evening visit that addie moore pays to her longtime neighbor, louis waters. Adapted from the kent haruf novel, our souls at night is your classic hollywood weepie, so immaculately played that it confounds crass preconceptions. And then there was the day when addie moore made a call on louis waters.
Our souls at night honors the quiet strength of its source material by offering a simple yet sturdy canvas for two talented veteran leads to bring its story. Our souls at night is simply, profoundly, an exquisite homage to love. Our souls at night, by kent haruf the new york times. Despite knowing his life was coming to a sooner end than it should, or perhaps because of this, he created a story about finding love in the final chapter. Kent haruf died at the end of last year, leaving behind one final tale. Now that i know i have, you knowa limited timeit was. Kent haruf wrote our souls at night under a death sentence. She drifted away from her other two children, hanna and jake, and. 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. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to our souls at night. Our souls at night kent haruf, 2015 knopf doubleday 192 pp. Our souls at night vintage contemporaries paperback june 28, 2016. Robert redford and jane fonda on the red carpet for the premiere of our souls at night in venice duration.
She looked out the windows at the side yard where the night was settling in and out into the kitchen where there was a light shining over the sink and counters. These book discussion questions are highly detailed and will ruin plot points if you have not read the book. The idea for the book has been floating around in my mind for quite a while. In the familiar setting of holt, colorado, home to all of kent harufs inimitable. The definition of hell for each myers briggs personality type cataloged in. One day, addie moore, a widow, asked louis waters, a widower, to sleep in her bed with her, but only for companionship, not for anything physical. Our souls at night sounds as if it should be a noirish plunge into existential darkness of ravaged psyches while bloodhounds balefully howl at the moon. Our souls at night, a film based on the haruf novel disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title our souls at night. After widowed neighbors addie and louis begin sleeping in bed together platonically to alleviate their loneliness, a real romance begins to blossom. Our souls at night official trailer hd netflix youtube. Our souls at night is a simple, graceful and tender story of elderly louis and addie who while seeking companionship share a touching relationship, quietly at night, sharing their stories of their past, happiness, missed opportunity, mistakes and grief. Its set, like all his previous novels, in the fictional town of holt, colorado.
Our souls at night 2017 fonda and redford star as addie moore and louis waters, a widow and widower whove lived next to each other for years. When i first heard about this book, i could not have been less interested. See all 33 questions about our souls at night lists with this book a little life by hanya yanagihara. Kent harufs posthumous novel offers a tender look at love in the. Their arrangement immediately comes under fire from the other elderly folks. But that isnt this movie, which is as comforting, lowkey and unfussy as your grandmothers tablecloth, the one she used every day and not just for company. It is about intimacy the nonsexual variety that makes harufs novel so compelling, and about how two people can find a sense of beauty and belonging in each other that, while not healing the wounds of the past, definitely makes them more bearable.
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 writers enduring contribution to american literature. Toward the end of our souls at night, louis says, i just want to live simply and pay attention to whats happening each day, which probably comes pretty close to what haruf wanted. On this day, and for the past six months, stevenson has shown me what he means by evidence. Now that i know i have, you knowa limited timeit was important to me to try to make good use of that time. Old souls at night by kent haruf when i began reading our souls at night by kent haruf, one of my favorite authors, i felt sad on a number of levels, not least of which is that this is his final novel, as he died last december at 71. Old souls are people specifically humans that have been reincarnated through many lives. The model for holt probably is yuma, colorado, but in truth it is a town like many others on the high plains.
One day addie moore suggests to her neighbour louis waters that he visit her house each night and sleep in her bed. His writing is direct and moving, it is simple yet profound. Our souls at night is as much a book about love late in life as it is about the connection between two people no matter their age. It had its world premiere at the venice film festival on september 1, 2017. Our souls at night by kent haruf is a simple, straight talking, touching book about loneliness, love and longing late in life. She took her money from her old soft leather purse and slowly counted out the money in her hand and laid the bills and coins on the counter in neat. Our souls at night by kent haruf and alan kent haruf. Our souls at night was inspired, in part, by harufs own marriage and the intimate, late night conversations he and his wife relished, just like addie and louis. Kent harufs final novel, our souls at night, explores. It is a report from the edge of darkness, made in the. Our reading guide for our souls at night by kent haruf includes book club. Laurel macks life stopped in many ways the day her 15year old daughter, ellie, left the house to study at the library and never returned. Our souls at night, by kent haruf kent haruf, who died in november at the age of 71, was best known for his justly praised novel plainsong 1999. He died last november, shortly after it was completed, bringing the saga of holt, colorado, to a breathtaking close.
It is based on the novel of same name by kent haruf. Our souls at night hasnt the magnitude of harufs previous novels. Our souls at night competes in the tournament of books. The film stars robert redford, jane fonda, matthias schoenaerts, and judy greer.
And just like addie and louis, haruf proved that youre never too old to reinvent yourself, take risks, find love, and write a great novel. Its an exquisite book made all the more poignant by. It was kent harufs last book and it was published posthumously. Set in the fictional town of holt, colorado, netflixs newest original film our souls at night is an adaptation of colorado native kent harufs novel. Our souls at night, kent harufs last novel, traces a latelife relationship between two septuagenarians, a widow and a widower, in a small colorado town. Kent haruf s novel, our souls at night, tells the tale of the unlikely love found when addie moore proposes that her neighbor, louis waters, sleeps in the same bed as her because the nights are lonely. Our souls at night by kent haruf is a beautiful story of two widowers and the. The model for holt probably is yuma, colorado, but in truth it. As gentle as a moths wing, as soft and sweet as the flesh of a marshmallow, our souls at night chronicles the blossoming of a decemberdecember romance between two neighbors in the. The book was a bestseller for months and a finalist for the national book. As with his earlier novels, our souls at night is set on the plains of eastern colorado, in the town of holt. Old souls book by thomas shroder official publisher. Fiction, adult fiction, literary fiction, contemporary. In his final interview, conducted a few days before his death from interstitial lung disease, haruf discussed our souls at night.
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