St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by the award-winning author of "Out Stealing Horses." Set in Norway in 1989 when "Communism is unraveling all over Europe. Arvid Jansen, thirty-seven, is trying to bridge the yawning gulf that opened up years earlier between himself and his mother. He is in the throes of a divorce, and she has just been diagnosed with cancer." Winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the 2008 Norwegian Critics Prize and the 2008 Brage Prize. Translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund with the author. 233 pp. ISBN: 978-1555975562.