Trond Sander has moved to \u201ca small house in the far east of Norway,\u201d beside a lake. Here, with his dog Lyra, he plans to live the remainder of his life alone, mindfully filling his days with tasks and chores, and keeping himself company. Per Petterson\u2019s Out Stealing Horses offers a rewarding journey with Trond, a man in his late 60s, charting the waters of his past and seamlessly returning to the present. A chance meeting with his neighbor seems to spawn a series of recollections from the summer of 1948, spent with his father in a cabin in northern Norway, beside a river \u201cthat came flowing in a semicircle crossing the border from Sweden and down through this village and back into Sweden a few kilometers further south.\u201d Memories of that summer, when he was 15, flood his thoughts and the reader is witness to the character\u2019s internal retelling and also to his reflections and ruminations on these life-changing experiences. Out Stealing Horses is simply written and incredibly compelling. Anne Born translated the book into English and I will venture to say she did a fine job, though I wish that I knew Norwegian for the pleasure it must be to read Petterson\u2019s original words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trond Sander has moved to \u201ca small house in the far east of Norway,\u201d beside a lake. Here, with his dog Lyra, he plans to live the remainder of his life alone, mindfully filling his days with tasks and chores, and keeping himself company. Per Petterson\u2019s Out Stealing Horses offers a rewarding journey with Trond, … <\/p>\n