Per Petterson
Per Petterson is the author of eight novels, including I Refuse and Out Stealing Horses , which has been translated into fifty languages. Petterson has received the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Award. He lives in Norway. Ingvild Burkey is a Norwegian author and translator. Her published works include two volumes of poetry, a novel, a collection of short prose, and, most recently, a book of stories. She was educated at Yale University and now lives with...See more
Per Petterson is the author of eight novels, including I Refuse and Out Stealing Horses , which has been translated into fifty languages. Petterson has received the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Award. He lives in Norway. Ingvild Burkey is a Norwegian author and translator. Her published works include two volumes of poetry, a novel, a collection of short prose, and, most recently, a book of stories. She was educated at Yale University and now lives with her family in Oslo. 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