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Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Out Stealing Horses, the fifth novel by Norwegian laborer-turned- librarian-turned author Per Petterson, reminds me of those contemporary films made in black-and-white by directors who find greater depth and power in the austerity of the monochromatic. Like them, Petterson works with an economy of means that gives all the greater impact to the powerful …

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