num_pages: 258
description: We 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 one of the first days of July.Trond’s friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning would turn out to be 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. Set in the easternmost region of Norway, Out Stealing Horses 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.
language: English
title: Out Stealing Horses
titlecomplete: Out Stealing Horses
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Book Club, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Scandinavian Literature, Contemporary
ratings_count: 34683
places: Norway
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: BTBA Best Translated Book Award
category: Fiction shortlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Bokhandlerprisen, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Prix Littéraire Européen - Madeleine Zepter, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Den norske Kritikerprisen for litteratur), awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Graywolf Press