El libro que escribio Kent
Haruf antes de Nosotros en la noche. Una conmovedora historia sobre el final de
la vida que cierra la Trilogia de la Llanura .Papa Lewis se sienta en el porche
de casa junto a su mujer. El calor del

verano de Colorado abrasa, pero el bebe despacio una cerveza bien fria mientras mira hacia las llanuras que se
extienden mas alla de donde le alcanza
la vista. Le queda poco tiempo para disfrutar de estos grandes placeres cotidianos -su esposa, su pueblo,
su casa-, pues le acaban de anunciar
que esta gravemente enfermo. Le quedan solo unos meses de vida.

A partir de esta noticia, descubrimos la terquedad y la ternura de
Papa Lewis y la vida de los otros
habitantes del pequeno pueblo de Holt, por el que ya paseamos en La
cancion de la llanura y

Al final de la tarde, las dos primeras partes de la
Trilogia de la Llanura, que ahora
concluye con esta historia independiente. Kent Haruf teje una red de personajes y de relaciones formadas y
transformadas a lo largo de las

decadas, aderezadas con un viento constante y con el sempiterno olor a
paja, tierra y trigo del noreste
estadounidense.

Sin necesidad de alzar la voz y sin
grandes artilugios literarios, Bendicion es un himno
solemne a los profundos y duraderos lazos

que se establecen entre la gente comun para afrontar las
dificultades. Una reflexion magistral
sobre el final de la vida, sobre cada una de las etapas intermedias y sobre los suenos y las
esperanzas que nos sostienen durante el camino.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A
Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year

From the beloved and
best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and
death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt,
Colorado.

When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and
his wife, Mary, must work together to make his final days as comfortable as
possible. Their daughter, Lorraine, hastens back from Denver to help look
after him; her devotion softens the bitter absence of their estranged son,
Frank, but this cannot be willed away and remains a palpable presence for all
three of them. Next door, a young girl named Alice moves in with her
grandmother and contends with the painful memories that Dad’s condition stirs
up of her own mother’s death. Meanwhile, the town’s newly arrived preacher
attempts to mend his strained relationships with his wife and teenaged son, a
task that proves all the more challenging when he faces the disdain of his
congregation after offering more than they are accustomed to getting on a
Sunday morning. And throughout, an elderly widow and her middle-aged daughter
do everything they can to ease the pain of their friends and neighbors.

Despite the travails that each of these families faces, together
they form bonds strong enough to carry them through the most difficult of
times. Bracing, sad and deeply
illuminating, Benediction captures the fullness of life by representing every
stage of it, including its extinction, as well as the hopes and dreams that
sustain us along the way. Here Kent Haruf gives us his most indelible
portrait yet of this small town and reveals, with grace and insight, the
compassion, the suffering and, above all, the humanity of its inhabitants.