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Out Stealing Horses (Hardcover)

by Per Petterson (Author), Anne Born (Translator)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Harvill Secker (3 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843432293
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843432296
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 10.9 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 510,068 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"This stunning novel will tell you more about the Norwegian countryside and psyche than the most enthusiastically well-informed guidebook."-"Sunday Telegraph"
"[Petterson] captures the essence of a man's vast existence with a clean-lined freshness that hits you like a burst of winter air - surprising and breathtaking."-"Daily Express"
." . . a true gem, compact yet radiant."-"Independent on Sunday"
." . . a minor masterpiece of death and delusion."-"The Guardian"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."



The Saturday Herald Books of the Year. Chosen by Ruaridh Nicoll.

`It is a small-scale, yet perfect study of humanity. I wish I'd
written it.'
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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32 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting, 26 Oct 2006
By M. Mcilhone "Mary M" (London) - See all my reviews
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What a moving wonderful story. I read the book first and found myself reading more and more slowly just to savour the wonderful craftsmanship of the writing. I finished it reluctantly (its one of those books that you just don't want to end) and gave it to my husband who also loved it from start to finish. Not a big or complicated read, it was a joy from the moment I opened the front cover. It is one that I will tuck away for a few years and then read again when I need a treat.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars a lonely old man with no redeeming qualities, 27 Jan 2009
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I'm not sure I agree at all that this is a story about nostalgia. This story is about an old man disconnected from his family, without real friends, who recalls the events of a summer when he was 15 years old a couple of years after the end of WW2 and the Nazi occupation of Norway.

For me the book is about how the boy's very weak relationship with his father flowered briefly that summer, but was suddenly cut off by what appears to be the utter selfishness of the parent.

In looking back on the events of that summer, the old man just recalls the facts. The author I think is leaving it to the reader to decide whether the lack of a lasting relationship of any depth with his father has caused the old man to have little real connection with his own two wives (though that isn't specifically addressed in the book), or with his own children. He doesn't even seem to care much that his daughter tracked him down in the backwoods of Norway and paid him a visit.

The old man isn't really making any effort to cultivate genuine relationships with his neighbour (though they do have a tragic event that summer very much in common)or with the local inhabitants beyond mundane necessity.

In some ways this is a rather sad book, revealing the rather stunted emotional responses of this old man. The final line of the novel really is the whole point - we do decide when things hurt - and this man seems to have turned off his emotions to make sure things affect him as little as possible.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful, 21 April 2008
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Just a wonderful book from start to finish. The kind of book you just don't want to end. I stumbled across this by accident and am very glad I did. Simply a great novel.
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