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Multiple award-winning author Per Petterson delivers an eloquent, meditative novel. 67-year-old Trond Sander lives secluded in a far corner of Norway. Casting his mind back to 1948, he recalls a horse-stealing prank with his best friend that turned tragic and changed his life forever.

An early morning adventure out stealing horses leaves Trond bruised and puzzled by his friend Jon's sudden breakdown. The tragedy which lies behind this scene becomes the catalyst for the two boys' families gradually to fall apart. As a 67-year-old man, and following the death of his wife, Trond has moved to an isolated part of Norway to live in solitude. But a chance encounter with a character from the fateful summer of 1948 brings the painful memories of that year flooding back, and will leave Trond even more convinced of his decision to end his days alone.

In To Siberia, an unnamed girl - called Sistermine by her beloved brother Jesper - grows up in WWII Denmark, but dreams of escaping to the idyllic countryland in Siberia. The siblings' already uninvolved parents become even more distant after a family member's suicide. And following the German invasion of Denmark, the now-teenaged brother and sister begin to grow apart as well.

Per Petterson won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his masterful novel Out Stealing Horses, hailed as a best book of the year by the New York Times. In I Curse the River of Time, he takes listeners to 1989, when Communism was crumbling all over Europe. Struggling through his divorce, an overwhelmed Arvid Jansen leaves Norway to reconnect with his Danish mother, who has terminal cancer.

Back then Tommy had been 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.

Fans of Per Petterson will be delighted by this opportunity to observe Arvid Jansen in his youth from a fresh perspective. In It's Fine By Me, Arvid befriends a boy named Audun. On Audun's first day of school, he refuses to talk or take off his sunglasses; there are stories he would prefer to keep to himself. Audun lives with his mother in a working-class district of Oslo. He delivers newspapers and talks for hours about Jack London and Ernest Hemingway with Arvid.

Norwegen im Sommer 1948: Der fünfzehnjährige Trond verbringt die Ferien in einer Hütte nahe der schwedischen Grenze. Es ist eine Gegend, in der man Pferde stehlen kann, zum Beispiel mit dem gleichaltrigen Jon von nebenan. Abseits vom Dorf, am großen Fluß, kommt Trond dem in den Jahren des Krieges entbehrten Vater wieder näher. Als in der Nachbarsfamilie ein schreckliches Unglück geschieht, entdeckt der Junge das wohlgehütete Lebensgeheimnis seines Vaters.

Young Arvid Jansen lives on the outskirts of Oslo. It's the early '60s; his father works in a shoe factory, and his Danish mother works as a cleaner. Arvid has nightmares about crocodiles and still wets his bed at night, but slowly he begins to understand the world around him. Vivid images accompany each new event: A photo of his mother as a young woman makes him cry as he realizes how time passes, and the black car that comes to collect his father on the day Arvid's grandfather dies reminds him of the passing of his bullfinch.

Per Petterson tager os i I kølvandet med på en rejse til nattens ende. Romanens jeg-fortæller, forfatteren Arvid Jansen, befinder sig i et eksistentielt tomrum - i kølvandet på en katastrofe, som trækker dybe spor i hans liv. En rå og øm, sårbar og barsk historie om at miste fodfæstet i tilværelsen, men mesterligt fortalt i et glasklart rytmisk sprog og med en varm sort humor.

To mænd mødes tilfældigt en tidlig morgen på broen over til Ulvøya i Oslo. Tommy og Jim. De har ikke set hinanden i 35 år, men fra barnsben og indtil de var 18 år gamle, var de uadskillelige, som brødre. Det var et venskab, der var lige så naturligt som det at trække vejret. Da de mødes igen, står Jim og fisker på broen, og Tommy kommer kørende i sin nye Mercedes. Fortid møder nutid i det døgn vi følger dem, i starten af september, 2006.

Jim, der Gymnasiast, wuchs wohlbehütet bei seiner frommen Mutter auf. Tommy dagegen lebte bei einem Pflegevater und arbeitete in der Sägemühle. Von seiner Mutter wurde er verlassen, seinen prügelnden Vater hat er in die Flucht geschlagen. Heute ist er in der Finanzbranche erfolgreich, aber der Job ist ihm zuwider. Jim ist Bibliothekar geworden, seit einem Jahr jedoch krankgeschrieben. Nach dreißig Jahren sehen sich die beiden einst unzertrennlichen Freunde wieder.

Arvid ist Schriftsteller. Das ist ohnehin schon ein Beruf, der einem Leben wenig Struktur bietet...

Als Audun in die neue Schule in Oslo kommt, ist er vom Regen durchnässt, aber die Sonnenbrille will er nicht abnehmen...

Det er okay med mig er en barsk og handlingsmættet historie om at vokse op i en forstad til Oslo i 1970’erne. Vi følger hovedpersonen og jeg-fortælleren Audun Sletten, fra han starter i en ny skole 13 år gammel, og til han som 18-årig dropper ud af gymnasiet og tager arbejde på et trykkeri. Audun spiller rå og hård for at skjule de sår, han bærer på, efter at han og moren er flygtet fra den alkoholiske og voldelige far, som konstant spøger i kulissen.

En kvinde ser tilbage på sin barndom i 30’erne og 40’erne i en lille havneby i Nordjylland. Faren oplever en social deroute, og hendes dybt religiøse mor søger trøst i at digte salmer. En gang om måneden spænder bedstefaren hesten for vognen for at køre til byen og drikke sig fra sans og samling. En dag står tyskerne i byen, og fra radioen lyder Staunings opfordring til at udvise ro og orden. Centralt i historien står forholdet mellem fortælleren og hendes storebror Jesper, der går ind i modstandsbevægelsen.