Echoland (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781644450765)

The shimmering, windswept first novel by the internationally acclaimed author of Out Stealing Horses.

Echoland is the powerful and emotionally resonant first novel from Per Petterson. Written in the mold of his early story collection Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes, it features a young Arvid Janssen, who is now twelve, on the verge of his teenage years and beginning to understand more about the world and his place in it. Set over the course of a single formative summer, the novel captures a series of episodes from Arvid's long visit to his grandparents' home in Denmark. He rides his bike around town, befriends other children on the beach, fishes for plaice, and weathers misunderstandings with his mother and grandparents, all of which Petterson imbues with the hope and yearning that come with this stage of life. Echoland is an assured and poignant beginning for an author--and character--who would go on to be loved the world over.

Author: Per Petterson
ISBN-10: 1644450763
ISBN-13: 9781644450765
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2022
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.20w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2021 pg. 7
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2021
Library Journal 12/01/2021 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 01/03/2022