Ashes in my mouth, sand in my shoes
Subtitle: stories
By: Per Petterson ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett
Contributors: Bartlett, Don, translator
Series: The Lannan translation series; Lannan translation series selection
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781555977009
Subjects: Families; Fiction
Work titles: Aske i munnen, sand i skoa
Description: Young Arvid Jansen lives on the outskirts of Oslo. It's the early sixties; his father works in a shoe factory and his Danish mother works as a cleaner. Arvid has nightmares about crocodiles and still wets his bed at night, but slowly he begins to understand the world around him. Vivid images accompany each new event: A photo of his mother as a young woman makes him cry as he realizes how time passes, and the black car that comes to collect his father on the day Arvid's grandfather dies reminds him of the passing of his bullfinch. And then, one morning, his teacher tells his class to pray because a nuclear war is looming.Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes, Per Petterson's debut, in which he introduces Arvid Jansen to the world, is a delicate portrait of childhood in all its complexity, wonder, and confusion that will delight fans ofOut Stealing Horses and new readers alike.
Notes: Translation from the Norwegian of: Aske i munnen, sand i skoa.
Table of contents: title: A man without shoes --; title: Ashes in his mouth --; title: The black car --; title: The king is dead --; title: Like a tiger in a cage --; title: Fatso --; title: People are not animals --; title: Call me Ali Baba --; title: Today you must pray to God --; title: Before the war.