Per Petterson
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born
July 18, 1952
place of birth
Oslo, Norway
about this author
books by Per Petterson
combine editionsavg rating: 4.02 | 1559 ratings | 7 distinct works
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Out Stealing Horses: A Novel (Hardcover) by Per Petterson avg rating 4.03 — 1349 ratings — published 2005 15 editions |
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In the Wake: A Novel (Paperback) by Per Petterson avg rating 3.53 — 45 ratings — published 2005 6 editions |
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To Siberia (Hardcover) by Per Petterson avg rating 4.29 — 14 ratings — published 2008 6 editions |
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I kj²lvannet: Roman (Unknown Binding) by Per Petterson avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2000 |
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Det er greit for meg: Roman (Unknown Binding) by Per Petterson avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 1992 |
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Jeg forbanner tidens elv by Per Petterson avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 2008 |
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Ekkoland (Unknown Binding) by Per Petterson avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 1989 |
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upcoming events
event: Per Petterson on tour for book "Out Stealing Horses: A Novel"
date: November 16, 2008 03:00PM
location: Loaf and Ladle Restaurant, 9 Water Street, Exeter, NH, United States
description:
Water Street Bookstore hosts a book group discussion held at the Loaf and Ladle one Sunday of each Month at 3 p.m. This month's selection is Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Please join Liz Whaley for a great discussion on Sunday. For more information call us at 603 778 9731.
date: November 16, 2008 03:00PM
location: Loaf and Ladle Restaurant, 9 Water Street, Exeter, NH, United States
description:
Water Street Bookstore hosts a book group discussion held at the Loaf and Ladle one Sunday of each Month at 3 p.m. This month's selection is Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Please join Liz Whaley for a great discussion on Sunday. For more information call us at 603 778 9731.
event from BookTour
quotes by Per Petterson
"I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books."
— Per Petterson (In the Wake: A Novel)
— Per Petterson (In the Wake: A Novel)
"It may be all very well in Dickens, but when you read Dickens you're reading a long ballad from a vanished world, where everything has to come together in the end like an equation, where the balance of what was once disturbed must be restored so that the gods can smile again. A consolation, maybe, or a protest against a world gone off the rails, but it is not like that any more, my world is not like that, and I have never gone along with those who believe our lives are governed by fate. They whine, they wash their hands and crave pity. I believe we shape our lives ourselves, at any rate I have shaped mine, for what it's worth, and I take complete responsibility. But of all the places I might have moved to, I had to land up precisely here."
— Per Petterson (Out Stealing Horses: A Novel)
— Per Petterson (Out Stealing Horses: A Novel)
"If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it...."
— Per Petterson (Out Stealing Horses: A Novel)
— Per Petterson (Out Stealing Horses: A Novel)
