Per Petterson's I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME won the 2009 Nordic Council Literature Prize, the 2008 Norwegian Book Critics Prize, and the 2008 Brage Prize, and has become an international best seller. His novel OUT STEALING HORSES has been translated into more than forty languages and won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the largest international prize for a work of fiction written in any language and published in English. OUT STEALING HORSES was also named a Best Book of 2007 by the New York Times, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and many other publications. Petterson is the author of six novels, including IN THE WAKE and TO SIBERIA. He was born in Oslo to a working-class family and lives in Norway.

Books by Per Petterson

I Refuse

written by Per Petterson, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett - Fiction

Per Petterson weaves a tale of two men whose accidental meeting one morning recalls their boyhood 35 years ago. Back then, Tommy was separated from his sisters after he stood up to their abusive father. Jim was by Tommy's side through it all. But one winter night, a chance event on a frozen lake forever changed the balance of their friendship. Now Jim fishes alone on a bridge as Tommy drives by in a new Mercedes, and it's clear their fortunes have reversed. Over the course of the day, the life of each man will be irrevocably altered.

Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson