Out Stealing Horses (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781555974701)

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.

Author: Per Petterson
ISBN-10: 1555974708
ISBN-13: 9781555974701
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2007
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.50w x 0.97d
Award: ALA Notable Books - Winner
Award: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Winner
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/09/2007 pg. 32
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2007 pg. 415
Library Journal 05/15/2007 pg. 84
Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 38
Entertainment Weekly 06/01/2007 pg. 71
New Yorker (The) 07/09/2007 pg. 91
New York Times 06/24/2007 pg. 1
New York Review of Books 12/06/2007 pg. 53
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2007 pg. 12
Time 12/24/2007 pg. 78
Entertainment Weekly 12/28/2007 pg. 136
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2007 pg. 75
Vanity Fair 03/01/2008 pg. 232
Books & Culture 03/01/2008 pg. 29