Out Stealing Horses (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
by: Per Petterson
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Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
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 that lies behind this scene becomes the catalyst for the two boys’ families to gradually 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.
Per Petterson, defeated eight finalists, including Julian Barnes, J.M. Coetzee, Salman Rushdie and Cormac McCarthy to win the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Out Stealing Horses.
Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
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 that lies behind this scene becomes the catalyst for the two boys’ families to gradually 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.
Per Petterson, defeated eight finalists, including Julian Barnes, J.M. Coetzee, Salman Rushdie and Cormac McCarthy to win the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Out Stealing Horses.
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Rating: - Haunting
I found myself haunted by this novel, but I can't say exactly why. It is a book in which little actually happens, mostly in the distant past, but the echoes of that past can still be heard after half a century. It has a strong sense of place: Southeastern Norway, in the forests along the Swedish border, by no means the tourist areas. Pettersen's language is seldom lyrical, but objective, almost dry, writing for the most part in very short sentences (in the original too, so far as I can tell). Yet ... Read More
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- Why oh why is this book a bestseller????
How did this interminable, boring book about Scandanavians forgodsakes who are about as emotional as bricks becomes a bestseller?If I knew the secret to that I'd write one.I'm an author, and if you read my book you're gonna have a lot more fun I guarantee it.I wrote He's History, You're Not: Surviving Divorce After 40 and if Trond's mom had read it she she wouldn't have gotten so fat and depressed. She would have put on some makeup, gone to the gym, found a hottie, and moved to Italy where it's ... Read More
Rating: - Should Be Titled: Out Cutting Down Trees
If you like titles that are literal, let me point out that a lot more cutting down of timber than stealing of horses goes on in this book. This is the story of an elderly man who has chosen to live out his last days in a remote cabin in Norway. Unexpectedly, he encounters an old acquaintance who triggers memories from his past.
The story begins at the onset of winter, and is punctuated by the narrator's reminiscences of a summer he spent in a similarly remote location when he was fifteen ... Read More
Rating: - solitary man in the Norwegian wood
The stark prose of this book matches its stark but vividly described Norwegian landscape. As with most translations, however, it has occasional phrasing and vocabulary that seem odd. The 67-year-old narrator, Trond, has moved to a remote cabin without indoor plumbing after losing his wife in a car accident that he survived. He describes himself as having "golden trousers" because he has always been lucky. (See what I mean about the translation?) However, I wouldn't consider him to have been that lucky. ... Read More
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- Not my cup of tea.
I finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson last night, and truth be told, I really don't know what to say about it. Here is a quote from the inside of the jacket,
Out Stealing Horses is a magical novel that captivates the reader. It records the changing and ever elusive dance of time through the voice of sixty-seven year old Trond Sander, as he recalls his young adulthood against the shadowy aftermath of World War II, and the shock of certain life-defining experiences... As recollections ... Read More
- HauntingI found myself haunted by this novel, but I can't say exactly why. It is a book in which little actually happens, mostly in the distant past, but the echoes of that past can still be heard after half a century. It has a strong sense of place: Southeastern Norway, in the forests along the Swedish border, by no means the tourist areas. Pettersen's language is seldom lyrical, but objective, almost dry, writing for the most part in very short sentences (in the original too, so far as I can tell). Yet ... Read More
- Why oh why is this book a bestseller????How did this interminable, boring book about Scandanavians forgodsakes who are about as emotional as bricks becomes a bestseller?If I knew the secret to that I'd write one.I'm an author, and if you read my book you're gonna have a lot more fun I guarantee it.I wrote He's History, You're Not: Surviving Divorce After 40 and if Trond's mom had read it she she wouldn't have gotten so fat and depressed. She would have put on some makeup, gone to the gym, found a hottie, and moved to Italy where it's ... Read More
- Should Be Titled: Out Cutting Down TreesIf you like titles that are literal, let me point out that a lot more cutting down of timber than stealing of horses goes on in this book. This is the story of an elderly man who has chosen to live out his last days in a remote cabin in Norway. Unexpectedly, he encounters an old acquaintance who triggers memories from his past.
The story begins at the onset of winter, and is punctuated by the narrator's reminiscences of a summer he spent in a similarly remote location when he was fifteen ... Read More
- solitary man in the Norwegian woodThe stark prose of this book matches its stark but vividly described Norwegian landscape. As with most translations, however, it has occasional phrasing and vocabulary that seem odd. The 67-year-old narrator, Trond, has moved to a remote cabin without indoor plumbing after losing his wife in a car accident that he survived. He describes himself as having "golden trousers" because he has always been lucky. (See what I mean about the translation?) However, I wouldn't consider him to have been that lucky. ... Read More
- Not my cup of tea.I finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson last night, and truth be told, I really don't know what to say about it. Here is a quote from the inside of the jacket,
Out Stealing Horses is a magical novel that captivates the reader. It records the changing and ever elusive dance of time through the voice of sixty-seven year old Trond Sander, as he recalls his young adulthood against the shadowy aftermath of World War II, and the shock of certain life-defining experiences... As recollections ... Read More
