modern europe
scandinavia
Per Petterson is a Norwegian novelist. His debut book was Aske i munnen, sand i skoa (1987), a collection of short stories. He has since published a number of novels with good reviews. To Siberia (1996), set in the Second World War, was published in English in 1998 and nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. I kjølvannet, translated as In the Wake (2002), is a young man's story of losing his family in the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990 ; it won the Brage Prize for 2000. His 2008 novel Jeg forbanner tidens elv won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2009, with an English translation published in 2010.Wikipedia →
Works
Aske i munnen, sand i skoa
Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes
Norwegian · 1987Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
Ekkoland
Echoland
Norwegian · 1989Novel
1 translation
Det er greit for meg
It's Fine By Me
Norwegian · 1992Novel
1 translation
Til Sibir
To Siberia
Norwegian · 1996Novel
1 translation
Ut og stjæle hester
Out Stealing Horses
Norwegian · 2003Novel
1 translation
Jeg forbanner tidens elv
I Curse the River of Time
Norwegian · 2008Novel
1 translation
Jeg nekter
I Refuse
Norwegian · 2012Novel
1 translation
Menn i min situasjon
Men in My Situation
Norwegian · 2018Novel
1 translation