I Curse the River of Time

I love how this author takes me to spaces with such a gentle touch. One hardly notices when he sets the main thread aside and and smoothly detours to another time and place. Somehow he consistently maintains the narrative as before you know it you’ve returned to where you once were. A man learns tha......more

Ah Nordikler ve onların nefes almak, su içmek gibi gündelik olaylarmışçasına anlattıkları acıları. Çocukluğuma, geçmişe, eski evimize doğru soğuk bir kazı yapmış gibi oluyorum her İskandinav edebiyatı okuyuşumda. Galiba ben de, Arvid'in annesi gibi, senelerce başka bir yerde yaşasa da "evime gidiyor......more

It’s difficult to compare Per Petterson with anyone except Per Petterson. His writing is always exquisite and precise and heartbreaking and spare. In Out Stealing Horses and To Siberia, each word is used as a brick, building one upon the other, and not one brick is out of place. Per Petterson’s craft......more

'I curse...' is foremost the story of a mother-son relationship. Arvid Jensen, 37, facing an imminent divorce, is second in four brothers. One of his brothers died six years back from an unspecified death. Now the mother might be dying of cancer. Her oncoming death rekindles a desire in her, to run......more