- Literature, Novela noruega, Social isolation, Fiction
After a meeting with his only neighbor, sixty-seven-year-old Trond is forced to reflect upon a long-ago incident that marks the beginning of a series of losses for Trond and his childhood friend, Jon.
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Earnest, contemplative, intimate and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Per Petterson
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 264
- Publisher
- Random House Group Limited, Vintage Books, Harvill Secker
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- nor, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781407090979
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