Per Petterson
Per Petterson was born in Oslo in 1952 and worked for several years as an unskilled labourer and a bookseller. He made his literary breakthrough in 2003 with the prizewinning novel Out Stealing Horses, which has been published in fifty languages and won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
Per Petterson was born in Oslo in 1952 and worked for several years as an unskilled labourer and a bookseller. He made his literary breakthrough in 2003 with the prizewinning novel Out Stealing Horses, which has been published in fifty languages and won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. See less
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Per Petterson book reviews
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Out Stealing Horses
We Decide For Ourselves When It Will Hurt
n a scene early in Per Petterson's novel, an adolescent boy named Trond Sander is mowing hay with a scythe in the company of his father. Trond comes to a patch of nettles and is afraid to cut them ... Read More
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I Curse the River of Time
by David N, Oct 28, 2010
If you enjoyed Out Stealing Horses you will enjoy I Curse the River of Time. A wonderful read. Read More
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In the Wake
Classic Writing
by fishken, Sep 27, 2007
Even this translation of Norwegian writing is a fine read. Though autobiographical, the story is compelling. The reader is treated to some surprises along the way. Kafka comes to mind. Read More