Out Stealing Horses

This is a compelling retrospective book that isn't as ambitious as it could be, by which I mean that the two characters Trond and Lars do not speak of that which the reader eventually learns. It is an unspoken conflict and you could make the argument that they should confront one another, to bring that conflict to the foreground. For me, their NOT speaking of it makes them far more interesting characters, even if the tension is not as electric as it could be.

Calm, pastoral, serene.

Trond Sander has removed himself to an isolated cabin to live out the remainder of his lonely life when he comes across a man in the dark and he suddenly remembers all the events of one memorable summer.

Another one of those quiet novels.

I really enjoyed this book. The pacing was perfect at making me feel like I was in the story. Beautifully told.