Dinner & A Book - Out Stealing Horses

Out Stealing Horses has been read around the world. It tells the story of Trond Sander, a 67 year old man who has moved to a remote Norwegian riverside cabin, only to have all the turbulence, grief and overwhelming beauty of his youth come back to him one night while he’s out on a walk. Immediately the reader is immersed in a decades old story of searching and loss. Join me and my guest, Tuck Langland as we discuss Per Petterson’s Out Stealing Horses as we prepare a Norwegian meal of open faced sandwiches, torsk and a dessert of raspberries and strawberries and maybe even some Aqua Vit.

This perceptive, poignant novel blends the exhilaration of youth and the impassive recollections of old age with subtle plotting and biting observations on the question of fate versus free will. Petterson's unforgettable portrait of a man trying to come to terms with his past will linger long after the last page.