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  • TO SIBERIA. by Petterson, Per (translated by Anne Born).
    Petterson, Per (translated by Anne Born).
    TO SIBERIA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in rural Denmark during World War II, this was originally translated into English in 1998, but not published in the US until this edition. The narrator "vividly captures that unease which undercuts the adolescent's sense of expanding physical powers" - "The book builds up slowly, casting a spell of beauty and devastation that matches the bleak but dazzling climate that enshrouds Sistermine's young life." [Publishers Weekly] SIGNED by Petterson on the title page. Translated by Anne Born from the Norwegian. 245 pp. ISBN: 9781555975067.

    Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket (tiny remainder dot, appears unread.)

    Book ID: 54442
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  • I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME. by Petterson, Per (translated by Anne Born).
    Petterson, Per (translated by Anne Born).
    I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME.

    Edition: First US printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84616
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