Out Stealing Horses

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• 'Out Stealing Horses' by Per Petterson

  The narrator, Trond, is a widower who has lost touch with his children. He is living the life of a recluse in an isolated part of Norway with his faithful dog Lyra. By a strange coincidence his only neighbour, another elderly man, whom he stumbles up ... (read full critics)

  readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

• In a Lonely Place

  We imagine we’ve seen this: Trond Sander, an Oslo professional who has recently lost his wife and sister, hopes to cure his loneliness by a plunge into solitude; nothing dramatic, he wants to pension out and make a few changes. Scandinavians differen ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

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  A retrospective coming of age story focussing on a son's relationship with his father, seen from the perspective of the son now coping with old age and loneliness, and set in a remote Norwegian forest landscape. Evocative and superbly written.

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  this is a really good book. i learnt a think or too from it.
  it may be slow and rather uneventful for some, but i found it beautiful. very well written (if that can be judged by the translation at all), very honest.
  i could smell the forest when i read it :)

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  viska said on Jan 29, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 272 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0099506130
• ISBN-13: 9780099506133
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Jul 06, 2006
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
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