Out Stealing Horses
of Per Petterson, Anne Born (Translator)
Description
We were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I was spending the summer with my father. I was fifteen. It was 1948 and one of the first days of July.Trondâs friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning would turn out to be different. What began as a joy ride on âborrowedâ horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that dayâan incident that marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both boys. Set in the easternmost region of Norway, Out Stealing Horses begins with an ending. Sixty-seven-year-old Trond has settled into a rustic cabin in an isolated area to live the rest of his life with a quiet deliberation. A meeting with his only neighbor, however, forces him to reflect on that fateful summer.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 258 pages
- Publisher Graywolf Press
- Publication Date April 17th 2007
- First Publication 10/28/03
- Language English
- ISBN 9781555974701
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Norway']
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