Out Stealing Horses - Rilegato

Petterson, Per

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ISBN 10: 1843432293 ISBN 13: 9781843432296

Casa editrice: Harvill Secker, 2005

Riassunto

In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. An early morning adventure out stealing horses leaves Trond bruised and puzzled by his friend Jon's sudden breakdown. The tragedy which lies behind this scene becomes the catalyst for the two boys' families gradually to fall apart. As a 67-year-old man, and following the death of his wife, Trond has moved to an isolated part of Norway to live in solitude. But a chance encounter with a character from the fateful summer of 1948 brings the painful memories of that year flooding back, and will leave Trond even more convinced of his decision to end his days alone.

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Recensione

“This stunning novel will tell you more about the Norwegian countryside and psyche than the most enthusiastically well-informed guidebook.”–Sunday Telegraph

“[Petterson] captures the essence of a man’s vast existence with a clean-lined freshness that hits you like a burst of winter air – surprising and breathtaking.”–Daily Express

“. . . a true gem, compact yet radiant.”–Independent on Sunday

“. . . a minor masterpiece of death and delusion.”–The Guardian
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore

Per Petterson was born in 1952 and was a librarian and a bookseller before he published his first work, a volume of short stories, in 1987. Since then he has written three novels which have established his reputation as one of Norway’s best fiction writers. To Siberia and In the Wake are published by Harvill in English translation.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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• Editore: Harvill Secker
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1843432293
• ISBN 13: 9781843432296
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 272