
Out Stealing Horses
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Narrated by:
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Richard Poe
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By:
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Per Petterson
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.
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Reads like the memoir of a man who straddled two worlds: living in the post war forests of Norway as a teen and then making a successful life in bustling Oslo. He returns to the forest as a retired widower to connect the two pieces and finds a sweetness that I can only hope I find someday.What did you like best about this story?
I loved the sharpness of the narrator's memories, his wonder and love of the forest.What does Richard Poe bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
He sounds like the narrator would sound=as if he is not trying, just telling the story.Lush and mournful
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Quietly powerful
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Would you listen to Out Stealing Horses again? Why?
To say that the ending is disappointing is to miss the point of the book. This book is a first person, stream of consciousness narrative about the impact a person's life adventures have had on him. Characters likeWhat about Richard Poe’s performance did you like?
Richard Poe WAS Trond, and he made me care about Trond from Minute One. His narration was understated and perfect for the book.Not Disappointing - Amazing!
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Pretty Good
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Scandinavian writers seem to like to flash backwards and forwards throughout a story, regardless of what type of story that may happen to be telling!
In this memoir, I was not surprised to find that same structure at play.
"Out Stealing Horses" is the story of an old man looking back on his life, while also looking at his life in the current time. The story weaves back and forth, from past to present, and brings threads from the past story into his current life.
It is the "rememberings" of an old man, reflecting on his visions while he was a young boy, and the events that changed his life. We are able to see how some of the boys visions were naive and innocent, and with the wisdom of age, he (and we the reader) are able to shed new light, and give a depth and clarity, that was not there before.
The writing was skillful, but it did not really touch me on a personal level- I think because it always felt like it was someone else's life.
someone else's life.
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An Entertaining Diary of Sorts
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It was enjoyable but it missed something for me. I need a book to make me feel something, anything, anger, joy, excitement, love, empathy... something
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Enjoyable
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Out stealing an ending
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Wonderful experience
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How did it end. ???
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