Per Petterson - Böcker

Söndag, september 1992. Telefonen ringer i Arvid Jansens lägenhet i Bjølsen. Det är Turid, hon är helt utom sig och behöver hjälp, men vet inte var hon är. Arvid hittar henne på den nerlagda järnvägsstationen i Bjørkelangen och kör henne hem till ...

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In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family fo...

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It is 1989 and all over Europe Communism is crumbling. Arvid Jansen is in the throes of a divorce. At the same time, his mother is diagnosed with cancer. Over a few intense autumn days, we follow Arvid as he struggles to find a new footing in his ...

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Petterson's debut novel, published in English for the first time. Twelve-year-old Arvid and his family are on holiday, staying with his grandparents on the coast of Denmark. Dimly aware of the tension building between his mother and grandmoth...

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From the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses I refuse to compromise. I refuse to forgive. I refuse to forget. Tommys mother has gone. She walked out into the snow one night, leaving him and his sisters with their violent fat...

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"A profound novel. Masterfully written ... both timely and timeless. A beautifully enlightening treatise on grief and identity disguised as a novel. Highly recommended."---"Library Journal"

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Petterson's raw, poetic novel follows the intense kinship and agonizing separation of a brother and sister in World War II-era Denmark. "To Siberia" is a portrait of siblings bound together powerfully by birth, and separated painfully by...

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Author of Out Stealing Horses A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Fans of Per Petterson's other books in English will be delighted by this opportunity to observe Arvid Jansen in his youth from a fresh perspective. In It's Fine by...

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Discover a moving tale of isolation and the painful loss of innocence.**NOW AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING FILM**In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his b...

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It is 1989 and all over Europe Communism is crumbling. Arvid Jansen is in the throes of a divorce. At the same time, his mother is diagnosed with cancer. Over a few intense autumn days, we follow Arvid as he struggles to find a new footing in his ...

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Per Petterson masters the art of writing simply about big subjects, and this is the heartwarming debut that brought the author of the highly acclaimed Out Stealing Horses to prominence Arvid Jansen is a young boy who lives on the outskirts of Oslo...

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Petterson's debut novel, published in English for the first time.Twelve-year-old Arvid and his family are on holiday, staying with his grandparents on the coast of Denmark. Dimly aware of the tension building between his mother and grandmother, Ar...

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Audun is the only one of his family who remains with his mother in working-class Oslo. He delivers newspapers when he is not in school and talks for hours about Jack London and Ernest Hemingway with his best friend but there are some things Audun ...

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Early one morning Arvid finds himself standing outside the bookshop where he used to work, drunk, dirty, with two fractured ribs, and no idea how he came to be there. He does not even recognise his face in the mirror. It is as if he has dropped ou...

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In the bitter cold of Danish Jutland, where the sea freezes over and the Nazis have yet to invade, a young girl dreams of one day going on a great journey to Siberia, while her beloved brother Jesper yearns for the warmer climes of Morocco. Their ...

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From the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing HorsesI refuse to compromise. I refuse to forgive. I refuse to forget.Tommy s mother has gone. She walked out into the snow one night, leaving him and his sisters with their violent fath...

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A tender portrait of grief, fatherhood and a life going to pieces from the bestselling author.'Vivid and moving... It would be hard to find a better writer than Petterson' Irish TimesIn 1992 Arvid Jansen is thirty-eight, divorced and paralysed by ...

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Brought to you by Penguin. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to le...

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A tender portrait of grief, fatherhood and a life going to pieces from the bestselling author. 'Vivid and moving... It would be hard to find a better writer than Petterson' Irish Times In 1992 Arvid Jansen is thirty-eight, divorced and p...

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A bestseller and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, now in paperback from Graywolf Press for the first time 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...

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A tender, merciless portrait of a life going to pieces by the internationally acclaimed author of Out Stealing Horses . Men in My Situation , Per Petterson's evocative and moving new novel, finds Arvid Jansen in a tailspin, unable to process the g...

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A major new novel from the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses. Men in My Situation is a tender, scintillating portrait of grief, fatherhood and a life nearly going to pieces. In 1992 Arvid Jansen is thirty-eight and divorce...

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Keiner schreibt über private Katastrophen so diskret und behutsam wie Per Petterson - sein bestes Buch nach "Pferde stehlen" Arvid Jansens Ehe ist gescheitert, seine Frau mit den drei Töchtern auf und davon. Sie findet neue Freunde, er n...

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Trond ist 67 und zieht sich nach Ostnorwegen zurück. Als ein Nachbar auftaucht, holen ihn die Ereignisse jenes Sommers vor mehr als fünfzig Jahren ein. Damals verbrachte er die Ferien mit seinem Vater in einer Hütte nahe der schwedischen Grenze. E...

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Mit einem waghalsigen Sprung erobern Arvid und sein älterer Bruder eine gefährlich schwankende Eisscholle, balancieren sich aus und lassen sich aufs offene Meer treiben. Am Ufer steht ihr Vater und ruft sie vergeblich zurück. Dies ist eine der Kin...

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Der erste Roman des interessantesten Schriftstellers aus Norwegen: Auden ist 13 und lässt sich nicht unterkriegen, auch wenn der Alltag knallhart und die Familie zerrüttet ist. Der Vater säuft und prügelt, die Mutter flieht mit den Kindern in die ...

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Painting and graphic prints are the preferred mediums of the Norwegian artist Hanne Borchgrevink (b.1951), who over the course time has focused her attention on the house as the leitmotif of her work. She reduces it to its elemental forms, which f...

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Söndag, september 1992. Telefonen ringer i Arvid Jansens lägenhet i Bjølsen. Det är Turid, hon är helt utom sig och behöver hjälp, men vet inte var hon är. Arvid hittar henne på den nerlagda järnvägsstationen i Bjørkelangen och kör henne hem till ...

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Sisäisen dramatiikan mestarin viisas ja vavisuttava kuvaus siitä, mitä on olla ihminen Kaksi entistä ystävää kohtaa ensimmäistä kertaa kolmeenkymmeneenviiteen vuoteen. Tommy on onnistunut jättämään taakseen väkivaltaisen, hajonneen perheensä, mene...

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