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To Siberia

To Siberia

by Per Petterson

IMPAC Winner Per Petterson's second novel - the stark, poignant tale of the bond between a brother and ...

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Per Petterson

Per Petterson was born in Oslo in 1952 and worked for several years as an unskilled labourer, a bookseller, a writer and a translator until he made his literary debut in 1987 with the short story collection Ash in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes, which was widely acclaimed by critics. He made his literary breakthrough in 2003 with the novel Out Stealing Horses, which has been translated into 40 languages so far and won many prizes, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.


Books by Per Petterson

Books: 5
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Out Stealing Horses

Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson

A moving tale about feelings of isolation and of the painful loss of innocence and of traditional ways of life gone for ever.

In The Wake

In The Wake

by Per Petterson

A powerful and heart-rending novel based on Per Petterson's personal tragedy of losing many of his family in the sinking of the Estonia

To Siberia

To Siberia

by Per Petterson

IMPAC Winner Per Petterson's second novel - the stark, poignant tale of the bond between a brother and sister.

I Curse the River of Time

I Curse the River of Time

by Per Petterson

A haunting literary masterpiece by the bestselling and prize-winning author of Out Stealing Horses

It's Fine By Me

It's Fine By Me

by Per Petterson

The brilliant and moving story of a young man's life from the author of the prizewinning Out Stealing Horses.

Books: 5
  • 1