I Refuse, Per Petterson
I Refuse, Per Petterson
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I Refuse

Author: Per Petterson

Narrator: Brian Hutchison, Richard Poe, Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/07/2015


Synopsis

A masterful new novel from Per Petterson, who "provides one of literature's greatest gifts . . . a welcome refuge from our cacophonous world" (NPR) Per Petterson's hotly anticipated new novel, I Refuse, is the work of an internationally acclaimed novelist at the height of his powers. In Norway the book has been a huge bestseller, and rights have already been sold into sixteen countries. In his signature spare style, Petterson weaves a tale of two men whose accidental meeting one morning recalls their boyhood thirty-five years ago. Back then, Tommy was separated from his sisters after he stood up to their abusive father. Jim was by Tommy's side through it all. But one winter night, a chance event on a frozen lake forever changed the balance of their friendship. Now Jim fishes alone on a bridge as Tommy drives by in a new Mercedes, and it's clear their fortunes have reversed. Over the course of the day, the life of each man will be irrevocably altered. I Refuse is a powerful, unforgettable novel, and its publication is an event to be celebrated.

About Per Petterson

Per Petterson is the author of five previous novels, which established him as one of Norway's best fiction writers. Petterson worked as a manual laborer, spent twelve years as a bookseller, and was a translator and literary critic before becoming a full-time writer. His novel Out Stealing Horses won the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and was named one of the best books of 2007 by the New York Times Book Review and Time.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Esra

İlk Per Petterson okuyuşum. İskandinav edebiyatını gerçekten sevdiğime bir kez daha emin oldum. Reddediyorum beni yazarın hikayeyi aktarım tarzı ve bizzat anlattıklarıyla iki farklı şekilde etkiledi. Aktarım tarzı diyorum çünkü yazar adeta belirli yönlendirmelerle resmediyor hikayeyi. Kah son yıllar......more