Out Stealing Horses
- Author Per Petterson
- Narrator Richard Poe
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 7 hours and 10 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place.
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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.
© Per Petterson 2003 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
Lyrical, deceptively clever…the way the story folds together like the petals of a rose is one of the novel’s pleasurable surprises…an intelligent journey from boyhood into manhood…
Deeply atmospheric…concise beauty of his prose movingly captures the Norwegian landscape and rural way of life…This stunning novel will tell you more about the Norwegian countryside and psyche than the most enthusiastically well-informed guide book’
Petterson catches so effectively the thing that haunts all of us, the knowledge of how fragile life is…He captures the essence of a man’s existence with a clean-lined freshness that hits you like a burst of winter air – surprising and breathtaking…touching humour…the narrative is beautifully balanced…Petterson writes with robust unpretentiousness. His story gathers pace like growing up, and stimulates heart and mind like a brisk country walk.
Limpid prose…an impressive novel of rare and exemplary moral courage.
A novel of considerable quality.
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