About this title: 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 ...
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780312427085ISBN:0312427085
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. First printing. Book has tiny bit of bottom corner wear else Near Fine condition in large paperback format in glossy pictorial wraps. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 238 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781555974701ISBN:1555974708
Description: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket/Near Fine. Later printing. UNUSED. Tight/clean/unmarked. Top corners and bottom of spine gently bumped. Else New. Unclipped dust jacket/mere hint of shelfwear. Now in protective Brodart cover. No remainder marks. Carefully packaged. Promptly shipped. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780099506133ISBN:0099506130
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 272 pages. (272 pages) 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. (Paperback) read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Graywolf Press, Minneapolis
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781555974701ISBN:1555974708
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Sharp eighth printing with a nick along top edge affecting 3 or 4 consecutive pages, and light rub to jacket. Nice and tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781843432296ISBN:1843432293
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Graywolf Press, Minneapolis
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781555974701ISBN:1555974708
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Second printing, First state jacket (I'm pretty sure) with only translator's name and Amy Tan blurb on front panel, and blurbs from The Independent, The Guardian, The Irish Times, and Amy Tan on rear panel. Nice copy that looks once read, jacket is lightly rubbed and has a few hairline scratches. read more
"This story about a Norwegian man looking back on his life is almost sneakily wonderful; I was halfway through it before I realized how invested I was. Petterson's prose reminds me of Wallace Stegner in its simple elegance which is about as high praise as I can give. The story itself is about loss, and loneliness and families falling apart - towards the end, the story ended up being just shy of fully satisfying, but it's a truly special novel that is well deserving of all the praise it has gotten."
"I did not like it, read it for a book club. Reaction there was mixed. Too much Norway woods, though it did have a very subtle point to make about loyalty."
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