{"product_id":"out-stealing-horses-per-petterson","title":"Out Stealing Horses;  Per Petterson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 one of the first days of July.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrond’s friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning would turn out to be 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSet in the easternmost region of Norway, Out Stealing Horses 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanuary 1, 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePetterson knew from the age of 18 that he wanted to be a writer, but didn't embark on this career for many years - his debut book, the short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAske i munnen, sand i skoa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshes in the Mouth, Sand in the Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) was published 17 years later, when Petterson was 35. Previously he had worked for years in a factory as an unskilled labourer, as his parents had done before him, and had also trained as a librarian, and worked as a bookseller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1990, the year following the publication of his first novel, Pettersen's family was struck by tragedy - his mother, father, brother and nephew were killed in a fire onboard a ferry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis third novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTil Sibir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Siberia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) was nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize, and his fourth novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI kjølvannet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Wake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), which is a young man's story of losing his family in the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990, won the Brage Prize for 2000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis breakthrough, however, was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUt og stjæle hester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut Stealing Horses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) which was awarded two top literary prizes in Norway - the The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Booksellers’ Best Book of the Year Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256721883458,"sku":"","price":7.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/stealhorse.jpg?v=1698870678","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/out-stealing-horses-per-petterson","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}