Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

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Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

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 oneof the first days of July.

Trond's friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning was different. What began as a joy ride on "borrowed" horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that day--an incident that marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both boys.

Set in the easternmost region of Norway, Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson 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.

Out Stealing Horses, which won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize and has been translated into fifty languages, is Per Petterson's seventh novel.

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ISBN 13 9781555974701
ISBN 10 1555974708
Title Out Stealing Horses
Author Per Petterson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Graywolf Press
Year published 2007-04-17
Number of pages 250
Prizes Winner of International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2007, Winner of ALA Notable Books (Fiction) 2008, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Fiction) 2007
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.