{"product_id":"out-stealing-horses-9781555974701","title":"Out Stealing Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I was spending the summer with my father. I was fifteen. It was 1948 and oneof the first days of July. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrond's friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning was different. What began as a joy ride on \"borrowed\" horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that day--an incident that marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both boys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the easternmost region of Norway, \u003ci\u003eOut Stealing Horses \u003c\/i\u003eby Per Petterson begins with an ending. Sixty-seven-year-old Trond has settled into a rustic cabin in an isolated area to live the rest of his life with a quiet deliberation. A meeting with his only neighbor, however, forces him to reflect on that fateful summer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePer Petterson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of books including \u003ci\u003eIn the Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo Siberia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Curse the River of Time\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOut Stealing Horses\u003c\/i\u003e won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review named it one of the 10 best books of the year. A former bookseller, Petterson lives in Oslo, Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873598116114,"sku":"9781555974701","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a3656d2-802d-484c-bfa6-142f394cb046.jpg?v=1737942889","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/out-stealing-horses-9781555974701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}