One of her top ten Norwegian books available in English translation, as shared at the Guardian:Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (translated by Anne Born)Read about another entry on the list.
After suffering a personal tragedy, Trond retreats from the world, until a chance encounter sets him off into memory. In 1948, during a summer spent with his father in the countryside near the Swedish border, the 15-year-old Trond follows his friend into a field to steal horses, unaware of a shooting accident that has left a young boy dead. A tale of Norway during and after the second world war, of innocence lost and families destroyed, Petterson's portrayal of rural life is mesmerising, as is his pitch-perfect prose.
Out Stealing Horses is among a top ten list of books written by librarians and the 20 most loaned books in Norway's libraries in 2008.
Read Ray Taras' review of Out Stealing Horses.
--Marshal Zeringue
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