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I really loved this. This is a collection of short vignette stories from a young boy's life. Each story really spoke to a childhood experience or how it feels to be a kid in a world of adults. It was just so wonderfully engrossing and I can't wait to get to this author's other works.
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A sparse and short collection of stories about a young child and his view of the world around him. He is puzzled by the relationship of his father and his uncle. He doesn't fully understand getting older, what happens when someone dies, or adults behaving strangely. He must decipher his world with his five-year-old brain. For Per Petterson, it's a way for him to honor his parents and the tragedy of losing them.
I am a huge fan of Per Petterson's novels. I read Out Stealing Horses and was immedia ...more
I am a huge fan of Per Petterson's novels. I read Out Stealing Horses and was immedia ...more
Jul 27, 2015
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This is a collection of short stories that all center around Arvid, an 8 year old boy growing up in Norway in the 1960's. ...more
This is a collection of short stories that all center around Arvid, an 8 year old boy growing up in Norway in the 1960's. ...more
