Out Stealing Horses

Petterson, Per

ISBN 10: 1555974708 / ISBN 13: 9781555974701

Published by Graywolf Press, Minneapolis MN, 2007

About this Item

AS NEW Book is unread, tight crisp page block, very slight softening to top and bottom of spine, square corners, first edition stated, full numberline 9 thru 1. Unclipped dustjacket (priced at $22.00), no flaws in mylar protector. Includes complimentary copy card from publisher. Book shipped well packed in a box and USPS tracking number supplied upon shipment. Book is in my possession and usually ships the next day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Out Stealing Horses
• Publisher: Graywolf Press, Minneapolis MN
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555974708
• ISBN 13: 9781555974701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author on Title Page
• Seller catalogs:
  • ABE

About this title

Synopsis

We 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.

Trond'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.

Set in the easternmost region of Norway, Out Stealing Horses by 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.

About the Author

Per Petterson is the author of books including In the Wake, To Siberia, and I Curse the River of Time. Out Stealing Horses has won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize. The New York Times Book Review named it one of the 10 best books of the year. A former bookseller, Petterson lives in Oslo, Norway.