In the Wake

Name: In the Wake
Author: Per Petterson

by Per Petterson

Norwegian man introspects on love and loss during solitary island retreat

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Per Petterson

Norwegian novelist whose Out Stealing Horses, translated into dozens of languages, became an international phenomenon. His spare, melancholic fiction explores memory and loss in the Norwegian landscape. He is Norway's most internationally celebrated contemporary novelist.

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