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Out Stealing Horses by Anne Born, Per Petterson

ISBN: 9780099506133
Release Date: 06 Jul 2006
Average rating: (read by 25 members)

Categories: Modern fiction

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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	RManor
	Rated it 6 months ago

I loved the lyrical quality of the writing in this book - it really takes you to another place. The story is also excellent and compelling.

	PoorYorick
	Rated it 6 months ago

Great storyteller. Emotionally evocative without being overly emotional.

	niclovesbooks Full Review
	Rated it 9 months ago

This was a novel I had waited ages to read. The descriptions of landscape and places in this book are beautiful and I had no problem in conjuring up the images in my mind as the story progressed. The concept of deciding for one's self when things will...

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