Book Reviews
(Starred review.) This...might be [Pettersen's] saddest, most powerful take yet on families torn asunder, missed opportunities, lost friendships, and regrets that span a lifetime.... [A] brilliant, meditative story about how one small, impulsive act can have an irrevocable impact upon one’s life, as well as a rippling effect upon the lives of others.
Publishers Weekly
[T]wo men meet by accident after a dark incident on a frozen lake 35 years previously shattered their relationship. Then, Jim stood by troubled Tommy; now, Tommy drives a Mercedes, while Jim fishes alone. From the author of Out Stealing Horses, an International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner.
Library Journal
(Starred review.) Norwegian Petterson shows his considerable gift for exploring the darker crevices of boyhood in this elegiac story.... [Two now] middle-aged men are drawn back to memories of [an] earlier time.... Don't expect redemption here, but hope for connection. Without pyrotechnics, Petterson brings his characters and working-class Norway vividly, even passionately, to life.
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