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... to books that I have ambivalently reviewed than to the ones that I wholeheartedly love. For instance, the novels of Per Petterson , which I love for how he builds a world solidly like sculpture, in the details like how the father's ears in To Siberia are so cold they are white, and the ...
To Siberia by Per Petterson could be described as the story of a girl who is emotionally closest to her brother and, in some way, in love with him - if you take out the sexual connotations of that - and who has parents who are distant or become so by not standing up for her. He's not a perfect ...
I've been in Denmark and Norway, though dreaming with Per Petterson 's heroine of going To Siberia (which unfortunately isn't resolved correctly by infosense even if I had ":A Novel" as their official page has it. Late at night before falling asleep I have been hanging out in India, India: A His ...
Hi Kjellica.
I was finally able to get To Siberia by Per Petterson after having it on hold at the library for months. I am still absorbing it, but it is very good. His writing from the point of view of a girl/woman is pretty convincing. I am trying to use it as a model for setting up scenes ...
Finished Out Stealing Horses last night. What an interesting book. Kinda anticlimactic, but I think the whole thing just needs to sink in a bit more before I should say much else about it. I'd be interested to hear what others thought about it too.
oops, typo
A lot of Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson takes place in northern Norway, and the book has a lovely sense of place, among other features.
... Disney movie starring Bette Davis is based on the book -- scared me witless as a kid.
This morning, I also started Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Very good so far.
I picked up First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde in audiobook format at the library today, which means I'll be ...
I started Watcher in the Woods last night and took Out Stealing Horses when I went out for breakfast this morning. Both are good reads so far.
... I finished this book two days ago, and am just now adding it to my list. What can I say, my life is too busy!
16. Out Stealing Horses , a novel by Per Petterson, and translated from Norwegian by Anne Born (if I'm remembering correctly). This was a fairly quick read -- it's the June ...
Loved, loved, loved Out stealing Horses by Per Petterson - a lovely, spare Norwegian novel.
On the plane today I finished Out Stealing Horses - this Norwegian novel is spare, moving and very satisfying. I'm about to start the Lazarus project - has anyone read it?
... bookstore while she was here -- I made up for lost time by buying:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (recommendation off of the Perceval Press web site)
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, which is a compilation of essays and ...
Jeg forbanner tidens elv by Per Petterson: 226 pages
12058 + 226 = 12284
15440 - 12284 = 3256 pages left
Out Stealing Horses (Norwegian: "Ut og stjæle hester") is a better novel than "Jeg forbanner tidens elv", in my opinion. I'm not sure if it is translated into English yet.
... out
The Lazarus Project by Aleksander Hemon
Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett
Custodian of Paradise by Wayne Johnston
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
... World by Edward P. Jones, The Giants House by Elizabeth Mccracken, Gilead and Home by Marilynne Robinson and Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
... by Rawi Hage
Five-star books from last year:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson - nothing has matched this since I've read it.
... read it! I don't know guys, I loved the book. Maybe the "jubilant masses" aren't so massive after all.
Also a big fan of Out Stealing Horses . Excellent book! Which, I cannot use to describe Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. It's a tepid historical thriller, over-stuffed and under-developed. All I ...
#149 brenzi
I think that you are in for a treat with your reading of Out Stealing Horses .
Per Petterson succeeds in creating a true sense of both time and place in the protagonist's life as a young man and as an older man living alone.
Enjoy.
WH
... by Wayne Johnston (Newfoundland - bonus)
4 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsseon (Sweden - bonus)
5 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (Norway - bonus)
6 - in progress - Smillia's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg (Denmark)
Historical settings: More than 100 ...
... really sure how I feel about it
5. Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin; interesting and for all animal lovers
6. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson; excellent
7. When the Emperer Was Divine by Julie Otsuka; a gem
8. Izzy & Lenore by Jon Katz; wonderful
9. Hotel on the Corner ...
Book #46
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
I've seen this book mentioned here too many times to count, and from the first I had no interest in it. I wasn't tempted to go read it, the rave reviews did not sway me, I just knew this was not the kind of book that I would appreciate. Wel ...
Book #39
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Category #3 foreign settings - Norway - with bonus for Norweigan author. Also fits in new-to-me author.
I've seen this book mentioned here too many times to count, and from the first I had no interest in it. I wasn't tempted to go read ...
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson; read Feb 2009
16) Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ( review )
... and Firewall.
I now only need 3 more novels, and the book of short stories to complete the series.
I also picked up Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, since there have been so many raves on LT.
While investigating a book on my Tag Watch, I also found 2 others on the same subject. I ...
My book club read Out Stealing Horses by Petterson. I thought it was great too. We will probably do his next book when it makes it to paperback.
PAST WINNERS
2008 De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
2007 Out Stealing Horses by Per Pettersn
2006 The Master by Colm Tóibín
2005 The Known World by Edward Jones
2004 This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun
2003 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
2002 Atomised by Michel Hou ...
finished out stealing horses by per petterson last sunday night. best fiction i've read in quite a while.
just finished reading out stealing horses by per petterson. one of the best fiction books i've read in quite a while. an old man remembers traumatic events in the summer of 1948, his adolescence and his father. that doesn't quite describe the book but can't really say much more without giving the ...
Out Stealing Horses Per Peterson
Mistress of the art of death Ariana Franklin
The best day, the worst day Donald Hall
Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons
Hotel du Lac Anita Brookner
finished i married a communist by roth, started out stealing horses by per petterson.
the roth book improved towards the end. good overall.
the petterson book is really the big surprise. truly outstanding stuff. never heard of this author before.
The best so far, in no particular order:
A Mercy, Toni Morrison
Out Stealing Horses , Per Petterson
The Whiskey Rebels, David Liss
Delicate Edible Birds, Lauren Groff
Hoping I will read something worthy of being #5 before the end of the month!
... luckily I'm a slow reader! So before I change my mind and in no particular order:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
Etta by Gerald Kolpan
Izzy and Lenore: Two Dogs, An Unexpected Journey and Me by Jon Katz
Once again, thanks to LT, it's been a terrific quarter:
Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank
Looking at a promising horizon, with many more ...
... read this on the retreat I didn't go on, but they all adored it (and it's very high on my TBR list as a result).
Out Stealing Horses --They read this before I joined, but they all loved it.
... Banville
2. Consider the Lobster & Other Essays, David Foster Wallace
3. Angler, Barton Gellman
4. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson - wonderful! I had to run out and buy all his other works available in English!
5. The Whiskey Rebels, David Liss
6. Putin's Labyrinth, Steve LeVine
7. Shak ...
I loved Out Stealing Horses too, and the gin (my drink of choice) book sounds fascinating too.
... the people who called themselves sane.
I had a pink cretonne bag to put my treasures in."
Highly recommended.
14. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, a deceptively simple tale of the decisions we make that change the course of our lives, deliberately or otherwise.
15. Craze: ...
... this century about the past not old enough for me to call it history.
So I am reporting that I have just finished Out Stealing Horses , but I have no category to give it a home. Which is a shame because it is a wonderful book. Thoughts girlunderglass in 50 Book Challenge : carlym's 2009 challenge (Mar 7, 2009, 12:56pm)
... there called the "real world": I like to visit it sometimes) so I've missed out on some really good stuff. Great review of Out Stealing Horses !
The Angel of Grozny about the war in Chechnya. I'm definitely getting an education about it.
Out Stealing Horses well written, but the foreshadowing seems very heavy handed. Only 40 pages in, so may learn to love it.
Here's my review of #15, Out Stealing Horses :
If I say very much at all about the plot, it will ruin it for you. The narrator and main character of the book is a 67-year-old Norwegian man, Trond, who has just moved to a little cabin in the country to be alone, except for his dog, Lyra. The ...
839--Other Germanic literatures: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. I highly recommend this.
15. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. This was excellent. After I gather my thoughts about it, I'll post a review.
... so I'm glad to hear good things about it.
Currently I'm reading To Siberia which I like but not quite as much as Out Stealing Horses and listening to The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper. I especially like that the audio book is read by the author. She does a great job.
13. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
This book sort of leaves me mixed. The prose was beautiful. I could hear the loneliness in the narration. Unfortunately the story was not all that gripping. I kept waiting for something to happen. There was a reveal early on but not a lot was done ...
... or Dictators or Dictatorships
Nature or Being Close to the Land . This is pretty broad, from Petterson's Out Stealing Horses to McGahern's The White Earth to Molly Gloss' Jump-off Creek ...
Work and Workplace novels Either one used as an important element of the ...
Lunacat
Out Stealing Horses is mentioned on various threads this week...Now, I see it posted on yours as well. I'll take this as a sign to move it further up to the top of the HUGE tbr pile.
Thanks for the great review.
Egads! My TBR list is getting way too long... I've added Three Hearts and Three Lions and Out Stealing Horses to my list.
... figured out what she actually needs is a wife.
#111: kjellika - I'm not an expert in Scandinavian lit, but I'll second Out Stealing Horses . I'm curious whether Jostein Gaarder is worth noting, or perhaps was intentionally left off your list. I enjoyed Sophie's World.
... an interesting and touching read, and one that possibly should be read, I don't think I could stomach it. I recently read Out Stealing Horses and an event near the beginning of that was unpleasant, although some people probably wouldn't even have felt it. I was much less disturbed by the event ...
I enjoyed Out Stealing Horses so much that I picked up To Siberia from the library today. I hope it's as good!
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Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
This is the story of a man's life in 1948 as he spends the summer with his father as a 15 year old boy, and his autumn as a 67 year ...
... books this month:
The Power of Who (ER book, not the Doctor Who book that keeps coming up on the touchstone)
Out Stealing Horses (for my new, real-life book group)
How to Read and Why (seems like an appropriate read for starting a book group)
Good Omens (funny!)
... later (after reading some of my TBR books) to look for some of the authors you mention :)
I recommend the Norwegian books
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (modern novel)
Hunger by Knut Hamsun (classic)
Sofie's World by Jostein Gaarder (modern novel on the history of philosophy)
Kris ...
I'm one of the people who loved Out Stealing Horses , which I admittedly bought because I loved the title. It is certainly melancholy, but I guess I'm one of those people who likes melancholy. While it was certainly both a coming of age and father-son story, for me it was primarily a story about ...
Interesting comments on Out Stealing Horses ,Joyce. I'd heard so many good things about it, and I know my mother has enjoyed other Scandinavian literature (she introduced me to Sigrid Unset) so I gave her this book for Christmas. She told me she enjoyed it, and now I have it here to read. I ...
Review of Out Stealing Horses
Narrated in the first person by Trond who, at the story’s opening is 67 years old and has just moved from Oslo to a rural village in Norway. Struggling to recover from twin losses in his life, he reminisces on the summer of 1948 when, at fifteen, Trond spent ...
#72: Out Stealing Horses has been on Continent TBR for a while now, so I guess when I eventually read it, I will find out whether I am one of the people the book speaks to or not.
19. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. I don't know what to say about this book. I admired the structure, the way it was written, The descriptions of the landscape were very evocative. But I kept waiting for the book to do what it obviously was supposed to do,move me in a certain way, ...
I've started Out Stealing Horses . Too soon to say anything yet.
... Kennedy years
6. A wedding in December
7. Out stealing horses
Hardly a dent in Mt. TBR. But some good reads. Out stealing horses & cold comfort farm tied for best of month.
... also added it to my library holds. (They only allow 50 holds and it's starting to be a problem :)...)
I have started Out Stealing Horses . Lovely, just lovely...
... Gettysburg, Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill by Harry Pfanz
20. Gettysburg, The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz
19. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
18. Fighting for the Confederacy by Edward Alexander Porter
January
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Out Stealing Horses is one of the books that has been on Continent TBR for a while now. One of these centuries, I may actually get to it, sigh. Too many books, too much sleep obviously. I wonder if I can get by on an hour a day . . .
Finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. It's one of those quiet books that take you into their world & you don't want to stop reading. It's not a novel of suspense, but you want to find out what happens next. The relations of father to child & child to parent is right on.
... them--the 1960 election was the first one in which I was eligible to vote.
Hey, let's hear what you think further on Out Stealing Horses --I have it, and am trying to figure out if I'm in the mood to read it.
... will ever be told. I agree that there is no longer any great urgency to solve the case & punish those responsible.
Out Stealing horses Per Pettersen Started the first couple chapters - already interesting...
... me. It preserves the illusion of a past moment that can never be re-enacted."
*Side note - I completely fell in love the Out Stealing Horses , the 2007 winner.
#95 & #96 glad to hear the good word on out stealing horses . I'm #2 on the wait list at the library. This is another LT inspired book. I had not even heard of it until people here started talking about it.
Edited to add what I am reading now Bonk at home and Monstrous Regiment of Women ...
I just wrapped up Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson and I did not want it to end. Perfect reading for a winter's day! It's great when a book lives up to it's hype and this one may have surpassed it!
I'll be starting another highly praised book, Beautiful Children by Charles Bock. I ...
8) Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson *****
A great winter read! Easily lived up to the hype!
... for the rest of the week. And I'm a letter-carrier, what was I thinking?? I guess this is a perfect setting for reading Out Stealing Horses and it's been fantastic!
... A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. It was a very good historical thriller and I recommend it. I'm finally starting Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. I know this is a highly regarded novel on these threads and I know it won't disappoint. The first 60 pages are excellent. He ...
... ngfugl)
4) Middlemarch (Norw: Middlemarch)
5) King Henry IV (Norw: Henrik IV)
6) Wayfarers (Norw: Landstrykere)
7) Out Stealing Horses (Norw: Ut og stjæle hester)
8) Oliver Twist (Norw: Oliver Twist)
9) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Gentleman (Norw: Herr Tristram Shand ...
... Unity today - which is a very nice bookstore BTW. I thought I should repay Dad for all his reading material so I bought him Out Stealing Horses and The Devil's Footprints by John Burnside- both of which I enjoyed.
Enjoying your precises on the above books - both look very interesting ...
Stopped at the library and picked up:
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. I could NOT wait any longer on this book and will be starting it by the end of the week.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. For a 2nd copy.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall. Just what I ...
on the TBR in 2009 pile goes Out Stealing Horses Two recommendations means I have another book to read! Thanks.
>3 Out Stealing Horses was in my Top Ten Reads for 2008. I have To Siberia, also by Petterson on hold at the local library. I love that I have found a Norwegian author that I like as my grandparents were born there.
I've just returned from Norway where I was Out Stealing Horses with Per Petterson.
For a change of pace, I took my daughter's recommendation and am currently in England awaiting Armageddon with the slightly misplaced antiChrist in Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens.
Audiobook #1
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Very enjoyable, but sad, too. I identfiy too strongly with one of the characters (trying not to leave too many spoilers). Nonetheless, a great coming of age story by an interesting voice. Borrowed from the library, so it doesn't exist in my L ...
... I've added it to the Bookmooch wishlist. Women's memoirs fascinate me.
First book completed for the challenge. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. This is an audiobook that I actually started and thought I was going to have finished before 2009. I even listed it in a thread as one ...
Anyone have a copy of Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson? This book has gotten such grand reviews, I have to check it out! Very tough to get on BM.
Best novels:
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Nobody's Angel by Thomas McGuane
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
Best story collections:
My White Planet by Mark Anthony Jarman
Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
Best non-fiction:
Empty Casing by F ...
... books and my top ten are:
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
All Shall be Well and All Shall be Well and All Manner of Things Shall be Well by Tod Wodicka
A Map of the World by Jane ...
... Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson which technically I'm not quite done with.
Wow-- I could have listed another 5 easily.
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
My White Planet by Mark Anthony Jarman
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Nobody's Angel by Thomas McGuane
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
... Ruiz Zafron
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Looks like some Ishiguro fans out there.
Then, with 3:
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffe ...
1. Out Stealing Horses
... (one flew in from NYC, sob!) and mom over the Holidays. I think I'll raid my son's Christmas stocking and start reading Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
"It does not feel like that at all."
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
"I should have made a move by now but I dare not try because I might not be able to, and what then?"
I'm reading Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
My 999 categories for now; they may (probably will) change.* And is it cheating to move a book from one category to another during the year? 'Cas I'll probably be a cheater! Will change titles to black type, and date, when finished.
1. Books Discovered on 'bonnie-runs' to my Favorite Indep ...
The Plague of Doves
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Secret Scripture
Out Stealing Horses
The Master
>40 The Brothers K would definitely be on my short list of all-time favorites; also liked The River Why by Duncan.
I'm embarrassed to say the ONLY one I've already read from either list is Out Stealing Horses , even though I've read at least 20 books in translation this year!
I'm looking forward to poring over these lists at my leisure for ideas.
... Bolano, also one of my favorites of the year
Sunflower by Gyula Krudy, one of my favorite books of last year
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, another of my favorites from last year
And several are on my TBR piles.
2666 by Roberto Bolano
The Curtain by Mila ...
... 2007 list, I have read:
How I Became a Nun by César Aira (picked this up after a review in World Literature Today.
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (saw this on the Impac Dublin award longlist)
The Theory of Clouds by Stephane Audeguy (saw a review of this in Publishers Weekly)
T ...
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
... 3.5 out of 5
21. Three Hearts & Three Lions by Poul Anderson (finished Feb 9th) 177 pages 3.5 out of 5
22. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (finished Feb 10th) 4 out of 5
23. The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay (finished Feb 17th) 5 out of 5
24. ...
... Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
6. The Master by Colm Toibin
7. Home by Marilynne Robinson
8. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
9. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
10. The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
Now I am *popping* over to my Profile P ...
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. On the TBR shelves.
... Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (fiction, 209 pages)
56. Akenfield by Ronald Blythe (nonfiction, 287 pages)
57. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (fiction, 238 pages)
58. Bleak House by Charles Dickens (fiction, 893 pages)
59. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (fiction ...
... in at least the past two and half years, and I've read some wonderful books this year. I don't imagine everyone will love Out Stealing Horses as much as I did. For me it was cathartic and it just resonated very strongly.
Also, I should note that it won the IMPAC Dublin award in 2007.
DCHAIKIN!!!!!
Was Out Stealing Horses any good?
My favorites from 2008 so far. I attempted to put them in order.
fiction
1. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
2. Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
4. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
6 ...
... Should Rule the World - Dee Dee Myers (280)
144. Does this Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? - Peter Walsh (240)
145. Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson (258)
146. Shortcomings - Adrian Tomine (108)
147. Tree of Smoke - Denis Johnson (614)
148. The Gospel According to Larry - Jane ...
EX: The World According to Garp, Out Stealing Horses , The Iliad, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, The Wasp Factory, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, The Moon and Sixpence, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Sun King
The World According to Garp (#275) ***½
by John Irving
11/03/08
Out Stealing Horses ***½
by Per Petterson
11/04/08
Back to the library went
Woman in Love
Kristin Lavransdatter
Out Stealing Horses
Thanks, deebee1.
#1 To Siberia The writing is beautiful and compelling as in Out Stealing Horses , as is the sense of place, but I started losing interest about 1/2 way through and there were some things that really annoyed me. Very interesting article about Per Pettersen in this week's ...
... To Siberia by Per Pettersen. It drew me in right away with the same spare beautiful writing and sense of place of Out Stealing Horses but it didn't hold my interest all the way through and there were several aspects of it that annoyed me. I'll be interested in what others think.
Now ...
I"ve started To Siberia, the newly released in the US but earlier novel by Per Pettersen, the author of Out Stealing Horses .
... Dickens
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Embers by Sandor Marai
The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
And my top three non-fiction:
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman
The United States of Arugula by David Kamp
...
... was a great 3 months of reading for me. I read 21 books, 7 of which I rated 4.5 stars. I guess I'd say my top 5 were:
Out Stealing Horses
Mosquito
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
All Passion Spent
Purple Hibiscus
... as much as Rebecca, which I loved. Du Maurier is most certainly an author I must read more of! I really do reccomend Out Stealing Horses , I think you'd enjoy it! Beautifully written.
Thank you! =) I'm surprised by my progress; I wasn't sure I was going to make it to 50 before I started. ...
My Cousin Rachel is one of my favorites. I've heard many good things about Out Stealing Horses , so I know I'm going to have to read that one soon myself.
You're steaming right along, aren't you? Congratulations on hitting the 60 mark!
#52: cornerhouse - I agree with you about Out Stealing Horses , it's my favorite book of the year.
#50: rebeccanyc - I'd also like to hear your thoughts on Tree of Smoke as you continue. I was mixed on it when I read it earlier this year, but then I don't think I really got it.
Fin ...
#48: what did you think of Out Stealing Horses ? I read it not long after it came out in the US and thought it was excellent. I've been meaning to read it again.
Finished reading Out Stealing Horses by Per Pettersonand began My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier.
58) Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
This is the second book of my project, I haven't ddecided on number three yet, though.
I loved this book so much more than the latter I read. In this beautifully written book we meet 67 year old Trond who, after the death of his wife, moves to a ...
I just finished The Glass Castle- a memoir and I am about 1/2 way through The Shack and have begun Out Stealing Horses
Finished The Boy Who Wanted to Be One of the Boys, and am about to begin Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
... Nach Hause Schwimmen habe ich nur nicht gekauft, weil mich die total offensichtliche Nachahmung der Covergestaltung von Pferde stehlen tierisch genervt hat. Aber das liegt natürlich am Hanser Verlag und nicht am Autor und nach den positiven Worten von Bangsi könnte ich mir doch vorstellen, ...
61. Imperium by Robert Harris
62. Unseen by Mari Jungstedt
63. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
64. El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato by Eduardo mendoza
I'm reading Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. A good read.
... by by Marilynne Robinson ***½
12. White Jazz by James Ellroy *½
13. Yellow Crome by Aldous Huxley ***
14. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ***½
15. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri **½
16. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham ****
... target="_blank"> Out Stealing Horses - review
From my review: Petterson's writing is terrific; the language is beautiful. ...
I just arrived in Norway, in some sort of fairly remote location. We just had a bit of an adventure Out Stealing Horses , and got quite wet in a thunderstorm as well.
63. Out stealing horses by Per Petterson
I find it hard to catch this novel in a couple of words. Truthfully speaking, I always find that hard, but with this novel I find it impossibly so. Maybe because this novel is about the complexities behind seemingly simple things, what is hidden, the ...
#84, whymaggiemay: Dear American Airlines is a terrific book, and a thousand times less-boring than Out Stealing Horses .
I'm blaming this buying spree on LT, since two of the three are highly recommended here:
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts
I am dipping in and out of these books:Henry and June by Anais Nin, Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, The War Notebooks of Marguerite Duras while I wait for Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux to arrive in the mail. I've got too much going on but I seem to be able to keep them ...
... looking forward to, and so were specifically selected for my vacation. I have some other great books on tap for July, like Out Stealing Horses and The Septembers of Shiraz. I've already put in a request at the library so I'll have books waiting for me when I return!
So to answer the ...
LT has paid off this year. I've read Out Stealing Horses , Cry, The Beloved Country , Half of a Yellow Sun and Late Innings. All were wonderful and LT gets the blame.
#83, readwithme, Out Stealing Horses was one of my favorite books of last year.
... the books except The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh have a Amazon Kindle edition.
Three books got 4.5 ratings in Amazon, Out Stealing Horses (61 cust); Imperial Life (151 cust); Little heathens (67 cust).
Four books got 4.0 ratings, Man Gone Down (23 cust); The Nine Supreme (134 ...
... Michael Thomas had 69 owners, now has 111 owners with 2 reviews and average rating of 3.78. 739 copies in Worldcat.
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson had 238 owners, now has 541 owners with 28 reviews and average rating of 4.07. 1,051 copies in Worldcat.
The Savage Detectives ...
... do Convento by Jose Saramago ("Klosterkrønike" in Norwegian)
The unbearable lightness of being
The Music of Chance
Out stealing horses (favorite)
Middlemarch (favorite)
END (for the time being)
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Only 63 books out of 1001 :-( ..... But I think there are ...
... of the Dog in the Night-Time
18 Navnebroren Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake
19 "Øyer" Dan Sleigh Eilande
20 Ut og stjæle hester Per Petterson
21 "En sjarmerende feil" Arthur Japin Een schitterend gebrek
22 Vindens skygge Carlos Ruiz Zafón La sombra del viento
23 Ka ...
Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson
17. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
pgs: 258. Finished 28 April.
total pages: 5082
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33. In the Wake by Per Petterson, the author of Out Stealing Horses , one of my favorite books last year. This preceded ...Horses and was the first book of Petterson's to be published in the US.
The theme of the ...
I got a B&N online gift certificate for National Admin. Assts. Day or whatever they are calling it this year. I ordered Out Stealing Horses and Skeletons At The Feast. Can't wait to receive them.
... and Players by Joanne Harris
and from the library:
In the Wake by Per Petterson (author of the brilliant Out Stealing Horses ).
A Plea for Eros by Siri Hustvedt
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
A pretty nice haul, ...
... Kingsolver-246p.
03/09/08 Atonement – Ian McEwen- 351p
03/10/08 The Gathering – Anne Enright- 261p
03/11/08 Out stealing horses – Per Petterson –258p.
03/12/08 A gathering of old men - Ernest J. Gaines-
03/13/08 The road - Cormac McCarthy-241p
03/15/08 One hundred ...
... Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks*
4. The Giver - Lois Lowry
5. As We Are Now - May Sarton
6. Run - Ann Patchett
7. Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson*
8. Sitting Practice - Caroline Adderson (ARC)
9. Gardens of Water - Alan Drew (ARC)
10. The Air We Breathe - Andrea Barrett
...
...
Shantaram-Gregory David Roberts
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith
The Name of the Rose-Umberto Eco
Out Stealing Horses -Per Petterson
Zeroville-Steve Eiickson
Non-Fiction:
The Executioner's Song-Norman Mailer
The Bookseller of Kabul-Asne Seierstad ...
The first three were absolutely wonderful.
1. Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson
2. Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
3. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. The Subtle Knife & The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
5. Measuring the World by D ...
... and mentally. Prubaker is one of the most endearing characters of all time although he's not the main character.
2. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. The opposite of Shantaram. A sparse succinct novel done well.
3. A tie or cop-out whichever you want to call it. My not for ...
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson is a wonderful contemporary novel.
#44 I felt similarly about Out Stealing Horses . At first I found it really good but towards the end I realised I didn't like the main character much and...I can't remember what else.
Just finished Out Stealing Horses and have now moved into Sweden and looking forward to starting John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In.
31. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
I was not as impressed with this one as many others on LT were. An interesting story, an easy read and enjoyable, but nothing wonderful for me. I had the feeling throughout that I wished I was able to read it in the original language; as if there ...
From the library, an in-and-out book. Picked it up in the afternoon read it that evening and will drop it off this morning. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson which was a spare beautiful book. Less than 24 hours in my possession. That doesn't happen often.
I've put aside Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson and I'm reading Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher instead. The time just isn't right to read the Petterson so I'm saving it for when the mood is right.
#70 seitherin - Hope you enjoy Out Stealing Horses . It's one of my favorites I've read this year.
I finished All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis and I've started Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
Today brought me Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson and All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis.
... LOVE LOVE this prize, because it has introduced me to so much wonderful foreign fiction translated into English, not least Out Stealing Horses , which I bought as a result of the long list of January 2006 – it turned out to be the eventual winner. Previous winners include Pamuk, Kundera, Sarama ...
... LOVE LOVE this prize, because it has introduced me to so much wonderful foreign fiction translated into English, not least Out Stealing Horses , which I bought as a result of the long list of January 2006 – it turned out to be the eventual winner. Previous winners include Pamuk, Kundera, Sarama ...
I'm about 50 pages into Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, won a few fiction prizes and is certainly worth a read.
Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson was really really good.
others:
2. Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
3. The Subtle Knife or The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - take your pick, they go together.
This weekend I got several books I've really been wanting. Out Stealing Horses (because it's due back at the library and I want my own copy), In the Country of Men, People of the Book, The Brooklyn Follies (because it was a very nice hardback and had a much cooler cover than the copy I ...
I am still in Norway with Out Stealing Horses and reading aloud to my son Three men in a boat, so that makes being in England as well.
whymaggiemay I just found In the Country of Men at the second hand book shop and am looking forward to that as well.
I, too, am in more than one place at the moment. I am enjoying quiet evenings in the deep woods of Norway with Out Stealing Horses . I am also attending a wedding in Saudi Arabia in the beginning of Girls of Riyadh. I am very much enjoying both of these books even though they are very ...
... surprise misses, so I'm honestly not sure. Thinking out loud, my biggest hit since I've tried this *mood* thing has been Out Stealing Horses which was a nice personal exploration of the narrator in a rather barren landscape. What caught my attention with Foreigner was the opening paragraph ...
Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson
I am reading this thanks to a LT recommendation!
... But I didn't have to, and that makes a world of difference.
I am in the beginning of two books, Almost Moon and Out Stealing Horses . Both are interesting so far. Both were picked up after discussion on LT.
>21 dchaikin, so glad you liked Out Stealing Horses , it also stayed with me for awhile. Remarkable book.
I finished Girl with a Pearl Earring this morning. I'm tired of waiting for my early review book to arrive before I start Anna Karenina so I think I'm just going to dive in. Of course, ...
... ideas. One thing I've been trying is to read the beginning of a bunch of books that might be interesting. Well, I started Out Stealing Horses and I couldn't seem to stop. Somehow I was just mentally aligned with the tone of this book and I absolutely loved reading it. So, now back to Olive Kitt ...
... Traveler's Wife TIED with 7 mentions
Honorable mentions with 5 mentions each are:
Bel Canto
Nineteen Minutes
Out Stealing Horses
The Glass Castle
... (fiction, French author & primary setting)
How I Became a Nun, by César Aira (fiction, Argentine author & setting)
Out Stealing Horses , by Per Petterson (fiction, Norwegian author & setting)
Swallow the Air, by Tara June Winch (fiction, Australian aboriginal)
Mister Pip, by Lloyd J ...
... the thundering of hooves, and it all came back like a whirring boomerang and hit me on the head with a crack..."
From Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
... put in the number of copies owned by LTers on 1/1/08
Fiction
Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas - 69 owners
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson - 238 owners
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano - 505 owners
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson - 228 owners
N ...
Oh my gosh, practically my whole 2007 list! Some highlights:
Out Stealing Horses
The Lizard Cage
Astrid and Veronika
84 Charing Cross Road
A Month in the Country
Quartet in Autumn
The Pursuit of Love
Away (Early Reviewer)
The Story of Forgetting (Early Reviewer)
Ethel ...
... ion
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
And top TBR translations for me in 2008 will be, per the LT pundits, Out Stealing Horses and the new translation and my first reading of War and Peace.
... by Jodi Picoult
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (won the Booksense BOTY award, 2007)
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (won the Impac/Dublin Prize, 2007)
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (won the Orange Prize, 2007)
The Lizard Cage ...
... by Lisa See
Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Twilight by S ...
... Emigrants byW.G. Sebald for its beautifil writing.
Others I enjoyed: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek, Out Stealing Horses , and The Yacoubian Building.
... by Khaled Hosseini (3)
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (3)
The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly (3)
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (4)
Honorable mention must go to:
In the Name of Salomé by Julia Alvarez (3)
The Hours by Michael Cunningham (4)
...
... order to tell his moral tale. I also thought it was an emotionally manipulative as any Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation. Out Stealing Horses is a far better father-son story, imo.
The Sea has the most wonderfully written prose, that said, I found it a bit of a snoozer, but having just ...
... culture (a.k.a gypsies) as the story setting moves all over Europe from about the 1930s to present day (or about 2003).
Out Stealing Horses was wonderfully evocative of Norway, I think.
... Wylie Blanchet.
And Germany post WWII in The Reader by Bernhard Schlink;
And Norway during WWII and after in Out Stealing Horses ;
Sweden in Astrid and Veronika;
Bouganville, the South Pacific, in Mr. Pip;
Dominican Republic in In the Name of Salome by Julia Alvarez;
C ...
... historical insight into a place and a time, and wonderful writing.
Northern Norway during and after the 2nd world war in Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson for its evocative atmosphere.
A fictional African country in Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- an exuberant ...
I too loved Out Stealing Horses -- I thought it was so spare and evocative, just like the landscape.
I also loved Wizard of the Crow, translated by the author, Ngugi wa Thiong'o for its brilliant satire.
And, although this was a reread, War and Peace.
I agree with avaland, Out Stealing Horses was stellar. Astrid and Veronika, originally in Swedish, was also very well done, it had a nice flow to it.
I have to disagree re: The Yacoubian Building though, I thought it was pretty awkward language.
ETA: oops, Astrid and Veronika was ...
Looking over my list, I think Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson is my favorite. It reads very well and it has a great sense of place. It was originally written in Norwegian.
Runners up would be Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz, The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany, and Woman at Point ...
... Joyce Carol Oates (USA) (2)
Burning Your Boats: the Collected Short Stories of Angela Carter (Great Britain) (2)
Out Stealing Horses , Per Petterson (Norway) (3)
Famished Road, Ben Okri (4)
The Joys of Motherhood, Buchi Emecheta (4)
Sleepwalking Land, Mia Couto (4)
Nonfict ...
... I had never read), and rereads. A star indicates I read this book because someone on LT recommended it.
New Books
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
*The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
*The Secret River by Kate Grenville
...
... many of them are books I probably wouldn’t have discovered on my own though – such as The Lizard Cage (Burma) or Out Stealing Horses (Norway) or The Yacoubian Building (Egypt).
It’s been a great reading year and I’m really grateful for the ideas and inspiration I’ve found ...
... weeks in August between semesters, I frantically read as many books as I could. I enjoyed Norwegian author Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses , Al Aswany's The Yacoubian Building and many others. With fall came a crushing schedule of four classes, including one of African fiction. I have been ...
... may bump up.
Not in order; Subject to change:
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Klee Wyck by Emily Carr
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
and #5 is between Mr. Pip and The Forest Lover.
I've read some very good books this month -- but I'll have to pick Out Stealing Horses as my favorite.
It's cold and rainy here in Portland, a perfect, quiet reading day.
I just finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson - exquisite! - and Cape Cod Journal by Erma J. Fisk - blah.
Just pulled off my TBR pile: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and Notes from a Small Island by ...
46. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Stunning book. Deceptively complex via simple writing with so many layers of story and feelings. Many reviewers thought this book depressing; I didn't at all. It is a coming of age tale for the main character as both adolescent and as an aging man ...
Last night I finished Klee Wyck by Emily Carr. Wonderful memoir. Then immediately started Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
Authors are not very popular with touchstones lately.
Oh wow... thank you teelgee (#50). I am off to add Out Stealing Horses to my wishlist.
I am Out Stealing Horses in Norway with Per Petterson.
Sounds like library day. Today, from said sanctified halls, I brought home Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
Apparently, LT touchstones don't like most authors anymore.
... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
Also:
The Yacoubian Building, The Book of Lost Things, Out Stealing Horses , The Memory Keepers Daughter, The Book Thief, We Need to Talk about Kevin.
Not a great quarter for reading or for books, but here's what I have so far, in no particular order.
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Straight and Narrow Path by Honor Tracy (a frequent reread, and always a favorite)
The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
A Month in the C ...
One of the things I liked about Out Stealing Horses was that we didn't find out everything -- I felt that we, the readers, were right there with Trond and only learned what he learned. I too assumed that his father stayed with Lars's mother, and that he had been planning/hoping to do so all ...
... vampire stories, but she uses this context to make us think about race, family and so much else.
I have finished Out Stealing Horses and have started So Vast the Prison by Assia Djebar. I am still also reading How I Became a Nun by César Aira - although at the moment it's ...
... with How I Became a Nun, I am also in Algeria with So Vast the Prison by Assia Djebar.
My previous read, Out Stealing Horses , is a beautifully written story that evokes a deep sense of place - a loss-of-innocence tale.
I found Out Stealing Horses an excellent book, beautifully evoking a sense of place (which I found not unlike Northern New England except without the feeling of desolation). Nice parallels with the seasons. He is near 70 preparing for winter. I do understand your disappointment in Trond, though, A ...
>132 Rebeccanyc, I am enjoying Out Stealing Horses very much. The translator has done a beautiful job. I have an affinity for the woods myself, so there is much in the book (thus far) that touches that affinity (we'll see how it fares in the third quarter stats!)
I'm reading Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (Norwegian author, winner of the 2007 Impac/Dublin prize), How I Became a Nun by César Aira (Argentine author), and nibbling slowly away at "The Door" by Margaret Atwood, her latest poetry collection (and apparently no touchstone yet) ...
... it provides less "true." (But it doesn't mean I now understand rural 19th century Russia, either.)
A novel I just read, Out Stealing Horses , gave a vivid picture of the environment of northern Norway where it borders Sweden. I find this enriching. I don't think it substitutes for visiting ...
#120, avaland, I very recently finished Out Stealing Horses and I consider it one of the best books I've read this year.
... Karin Fossum and while not brilliant, it is a very good police procedural. I've decided to remain in Norway and start Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
... by Karin Fossum (while not brilliant, still a very good police procedural), I thought I might stay in Norway with Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
I just finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson -- what a beautifully written, emotionally complex bool!
I'm in rural Norway with Out Stealing Horses and in London with Elaine Dundy in her autobiography, Life Itself!.
Finished Out Stealing Horses and liked it, but with some reservations. I won't discuss it here - I don't like spoilers - but would be interested in other opinions. I'll start a thread on Reading Globally.
Finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (IMPAC Winner) and enjoyed it, with some reservations.
Started On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, my favourite contemporary writer. Loving it.
... of this rather harrowing novel. Found the writing quite brilliant so I'm glad I had this unusual experience.
Now reading Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Just lovely to read with a mystery into the bargain.
I'm in Norway - my first visit: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
#29, Have you read Out Stealing Horses ? IF so, what did you think of it? I looked at in a bookstore because I loved the title so, but I wasn't sure whether I would enjoy it and didn't buy it.
The IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZE 2007 has been awarded to Per Petterson for his novel Out Stealing Horses .
I'm very pleased about this - once again the IMPAC has introduced me to a new writer.
... (UK)***VERY GOOD
28. The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek (Austria)*** Wonderful writing but not an easy read
29. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (Norway) IMPAC Dublin Prize Winner
30. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (UK)***
Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton (Australian)
... Irish soldier in WWI. I quite liked Slow Man but wouldn't give it a prize. Of the others I'm most interested in reading Out Stealing Horses because it's from Norway and I've not heard of it before. (#This is the only translated novel on the list - I'm sure there are usually more.)
... by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Short Day Dying by Peter Hobbs
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
The prize website has synopses for each book, which I found convenient. One tends to ...
...
The Nightingale Papers
Missing Mom
Let me Sing you Gentle Songs
The Icarus Girl
The Girl from the Chartreuse
Out Stealing Horses
Dancing in the Dark
Cold Skin
Sky Bridge
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