The release date for the English version of 'Out Stealing Horses' by
Per Petterson is Apr 2007. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
We planned to go horse thieving. Standing at the entrance of the cottage where I was spending the summer with my father, he said that. At fifteen, I was. One of the first days of July in 1948.
Jon, a buddy of Trond's, would often show up at his door ready for an adventure. However, things would be different this morning. After what started off as a fun ride on "borrowed" horses, Jon enters an odd grieving trance. Trond quickly finds out what happened to Jon earlier that day, an event that initiates a string of catastrophic losses for both boys.
Out Stealing Horses opens with an ending and is set in the far east of Norway. Trond, 67, has taken up residence in a rustic hut in a remote place where he plans to spend out his days in solitary contemplation. But a visit with his one and only neighbor compels him to think back on that fateful summer.