His debut book was aske i munnen, sand i skoa 1987, a collection of short stories. Out stealing horses won the impac dublin literary award, the independent foreign fiction prize and the norwegian booksellers prize. Buy out stealing horses by per petterson, anne born from waterstones today. Per petterson born 18 july 1952 in oslo is a norwegian novelist. Petterson is a craftsman of language and builds fundamental characteristics of landscape and. Download pdf out stealing horses free online new books in. Out stealing horses by per petterson, anne born waterstones. Per petterson is an internationally renowned norwegian author. Ian thomson finds ironclad and chill fjords in a fine anthology of norwegian fiction and per pettersons latest novel, out stealing horses ian thomson sat 17 dec 2005 10. Steinbeck, berry, and hemingway, and its emotional force and flavor are equivalent. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 258 pages and is available in hardcover format.
Jan 02, 2009 since the success of out stealing horses, petterson has been in demand at book festivals from israel to iceland, but he has found that the pressure of life outside his cosy work cabin, 50 metres. Its the early sixties, his father works in a shoe factory and his danish mother works as a. Per petterson is the author of books including in the wake, to siberia, and i curse the river of time. He even learns that the phrase out stealing horses, which he had tossed around casually with his friend, has a meaning that reaches beyond their childhood pranks.
Per petterson masters the art of writing simply about big subjects, and this is the heartwarming debut that brought the author of the highly acclaimed out stealing horses to prominence arvid jansen is a young boy who lives on the outskirts of oslo. Pdf out stealing horses book by per petterson free download. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Per petterson books list of books by author per petterson. Jun 24, 2007 much of the melancholy in per pettersons novel derives from the long shadow of men with guns. A grieving widower moves to the country where a chance encounter rekindles memories from his past. Out stealing horses has won the impac dublin literary award, the independent foreign fiction prize and the norwegian booksellers prize. Dec 17, 2005 ian thomson finds ironclad and chill fjords in a fine anthology of norwegian fiction and per petterson s latest novel, out stealing horses ian thomson sat 17 dec 2005 10. Since the success of out stealing horses, petterson has been in demand at book festivals from israel to iceland, but he has found that the pressure of life outside his cosy work cabin, 50 metres. With stellan skarsgard, bjorn floberg, tobias santelmann, danica curcic.
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