Don Bartlett
1) I refuse
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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A chance encounter between two childhood friends, including one who escaped an abusive father, reveals how their fortunes have reversed.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Echoland is the powerful and emotionally resonant first novel from Per Petterson. Written in the mold of his early story collection Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes, it features a young Arvid Jansen, who is now twelve, on the verge of his teenage years and beginning to understand more about the world and his place in it. Set over the course of a single formative summer, the novel captures a series of episodes from Arvid's long visit to his grandparents'...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
On his first day of school, a teacher welcomes Audun to the class by asking him to describe his former life in the country. But there are stories about his family he would prefer to keep to himself, such as the weeks he spent living in a couple of cardboard boxes, and the day of his little brother's birth, when his drunken father fired three shots into the ceiling. So he refuses to talk and refuses to take off his sunglasses. In his late teens Audun...
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