Full of nostalgia and melancholy, with characters sometimes cold as Scandinavia from they're coming

"Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson is a quiet and somewhat melancholic novel about one man's attempt to understand the events of his own childhood and finally escape from Something That haunts him since he was a child, a work of fiction did Enabled author to win The International Prize for Literature in IMPAC Dublin and translation of his book to many world languages.

The main character, 70 -year-old Norwegian named Trond spends his sad lonely days somewhere in on isolated cabin in the woods of cold Norway and tries to explain himself and the reader tragic event from his childhood and Everything That came out of it, at The End of the 50s of the last century, Which all had a profound influence on his whole life.
The story jumps from Alternately That fateful summer Which he as 15 year-old spent working with his father and his current Lonely Days Carried out in his isolated cabin while the reader Gradually learns what happened and what Caused Trond spending his life in seeking a sad way ,

The novel begins with a tragedy thatwill infestation Trond's best friend, but in reality it's only the introduction to the events thatwill affect his relationship with his father while Trond is learning what happened to his father during the World War II, Truth in Which sad Fate of his friend will perfectly fit ...

Lately, we are witnessing the flood of many different novels, thrillers Primarily, coming from cold Scandinavia, so this book is at least in a sense did refreshment, Which unfortunately can not be Said for its subject and Feelings That Evokes.

Although the novel was is full of nostalgia and melancholy, inside reader can find the true moments of happiness and satisfaction, feelings That are normally connected with youth, Especially if there is a longer time.
But in Sametime novel is full of characters' coldness Which are sometimes cold just like the area from Which they come, who are not revealing Their feelings or motives for Which They Decided to or failed to do something.
This is a story That emphasizes a well-known (and maybe wrong) factthat men have trouble expressing Their feelings, even When it comes to members of Their family or other close people, Especially if They are thus members of the stronger sex.

THUS it is not Surprising did at the end of the novel, Although details will not be Given to not spoil the pleasure of reading, the reader will not get all the answers, only suggestions and assumptions on Which everyone will have to make a judgment.

All above-Mentioned leads to the conclusion That this is a somewhat different way of writing than what is Usually encountered, a style thatwill be more or less liked by someone, but it's Certainly something Which makes this book about loneliness, about understanding the people Around and what builds human character, a work of literature That should be read.