Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson

n nA bestseller and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, now in paperback from Graywolf Press for the first time n nWe 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. n nTrond'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. n nSet 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.n