Bibliograph

Echoland, a novel, Per Petterson ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett

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Echoland, a novel, Per Petterson ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Echoland

Oclc number

1293448284

Responsibility statement

Per Petterson ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Echoland is the powerful and emotionally resonant first novel from Per Petterson. Written in the mold of his early story collection Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes, it features a young Arvid Jansen, who is now twelve, on the verge of his teenage years and beginning to understand more about the world and his place in it. Set over the course of a single formative summer, the novel captures a series of episodes from Arvid's long visit to his grandparents' home in Denmark. He rides his bike around town, befriends other children on the beach, fishes for plaice, and weathers misunderstandings with his mother and grandparents, all of which Petterson imbues with the hope and yearning that come with this stage of life. Echoland is an assured and poignant beginning for an author--and character--who would go on to be loved the world over." --, Publisher marketing

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