{"product_id":"9781555978440","title":"Out Stealing Horses : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOut Stealing Horses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Per Petterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bestseller and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, now in paperback from Graywolf Press for the first time\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I was spending the summer with my father. I was fifteen. It was 1948 and oneof the first days of July.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTrond's friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning was different. What began as a joy ride on \"borrowed\" horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that day—an incident that marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the easternmost region of Norway, \u003ci\u003eOut Stealing Horses \u003c\/i\u003eby Per Petterson begins with an ending. Sixty-seven-year-old Trond has settled into a rustic cabin in an isolated area to live the rest of his life with a quiet deliberation. A meeting with his only neighbor, however, forces him to reflect on that fateful summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Petterson's spare and deliberate prose has astonishing force.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gripping account of such originality as to expand the reader's own experience of life.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOut Stealing Horses \u003c\/i\u003elooks like a charming but modest chamber-piece. In retrospect--and this is a novel that strikes deep and lingers long--it feels more like some shattering literary symphony.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A . . . miracle of a book.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed The Independent (UK) Foreign Fiction Prize Shortlist (2006), Winner The Independent (UK) Foreign Fiction Prize Winner (2006), Short-listed Best Translated Book Award Finalist (2008), Long-listed The Economist Magazine Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555978440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40690201100494,"sku":"9781555978440","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_29fe624f-9615-4e2d-86a7-bfd28fab558e.jpg?v=1640404721","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555978440","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}