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Out stealing horses / Per Petterson ; translated by Anne Born.
LIBRA PT8951.26.E88 U813 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petterson, Per, 1952-
- Series:
- Lannan translation series selection
- A Lannan translation selection
- Standardized Title:
- Ut og stjæle hester. English
- Language:
- English
- Norwegian
- Subjects (All):
- Social isolation--Fiction.
- Social isolation.
- Norway--Fiction.
- Norway.
- Senior men--Norway--Fiction.
- Widowers--Norway--Fiction.
- Forties (20th century)--Fiction.
- Norwegian fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First Picador edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Picador, 2008.
- Summary:
- An early morning adventure out stealing horses leads to the tragic death of one boy and a resulting lifetime of guilt and isolation for his friend, in this moving tale about the painful loss of innocence and of traditional ways of life that are gone forever.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Ut og stjæle hester.
- Originally published in English: London : Harvill Secker, 2005.
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2007.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 9780312427085
- 0312427085
- OCLC:
- 176973879
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