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The adventures of a summer that changed a boy's life. Set in Norway.
Graywolf Press
April 2007
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Featuring: Trond; Jon
288 pages
ISBN: 1555974708
EAN: 9781555974701
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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. Trondβs 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 βborrowedβ horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that dayβan 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.
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