- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407090979
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
Out Stealing Horses
WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407090979
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
A luminous story...a genuine work of art...wonderfully resonant and rhythmic translation.
Independent
A novel of considerable quality.
Scotsman
Deeply atmospheric...concise beauty of his prose movingly captures the Norwegian landscape and rural way of life...This stunning novel will tell you more about the Norwegian countryside and psyche than the most enthusiastically well-informed guide book'
Daily Telegraph
Limpid prose...an impressive novel of rare and exemplary moral courage.
Independent on Sunday
Lyrical, deceptively clever...the way the story folds together like the petals of a rose is one of the novel's pleasurable surprises...an intelligent journey from boyhood into manhood...
Daily Telegraph
Petterson catches so effectively the thing that haunts all of us, the knowledge of how fragile life is...He captures the essence of a man's existence with a clean-lined freshness that hits you like a burst of winter air - surprising and breathtaking...touching humour...the narrative is beautifully balanced...Petterson writes with robust unpretentiousness. His story gathers pace like growing up, and stimulates heart and mind like a brisk country walk.
Daily Express
Remarkable...The genius of this beautiful, candid work lies in its tone of gentle reflection...A very special miracle of a book.
Irish Times