Out Stealing Horses

Per Petterson

Out Stealing Horses
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 July 2006
Pages
272
ISBN
9780099506133

Out Stealing Horses

Per Petterson

In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father.

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. All these 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 Trond’s life forever.

As a 67-year-old man, and following the death of his wife, Trond has moved to an isolated part of Norway to live in solitude. But a chance encounter with a character from the fateful summer of 1948 brings the painful memories of that year flooding back, and will leave Trond even more convinced of his decision to end his days alone.

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