Out Stealing Horses

Discover a moving story about isolation and the painful loss of innocence. Now an internationally award-winning film. In 1948, at the age of fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the countryside with his father. The events—the accidental death of a child, the guilt of his best friend and his eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman—will change his life forever. As a 67-year-old man, after the death of his wife, Trond has retreated to a remote part of Norway to live in solitude. However, a chance encounter with a figure from the fateful summer of 1948 brings back the painful memories of that year and makes Trond even more convinced of his decision to end his days alone. "One of the best living writers in Norway" – Independent. "Deeply atmospheric... a breathtaking novel" – Daily Telegraph.