Per Petterson

Books on prize lists

• Jeg forbanner tidens elv

  In English

  SaveI Curse the River of Time to read later

  Brage 2008 · ★ Winner

  I Curse the River of Time

  Jeg forbanner tidens elv

  Per Petterson · 56 when first published

  Novel · 224 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:In autumn 1989, as the Berlin Wall falls, 37-year-old Arvid Jansen is getting divorced when his mother, just diagnosed with cancer, suddenly leaves for Denmark, and he follows her two days later.

• Ut og stjæle hester

  In English

  SaveOut Stealing Horses to read later

  Brage 2003 · Shortlist

  Out Stealing Horses

  Ut og stjæle hester

  Per Petterson · 51 when first published

  Novel · 264 pages · Coming of age, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:At sixty-seven Trond moves with his dog to a small house by a lake in the far east of Norway, where his nearest neighbour turns out to be a man he once knew, and the summer of 1948 starts to haunt him.

• I kjølvannet

  In English

  SaveIn the Wake to read later

  Brage 2000 · ★ Winner

  In the Wake

  I kjølvannet

  Per Petterson · 48 when first published

  Novel · 202 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Six years after a catastrophe struck his family, Arvid lives through a few raw weeks still caught in its wake, confronted above all by the memory of his father.