I’m usually so slow getting to new books — it feels like I’m always years behind, somehow. Or centuries. But this one is new! So new that there isn’t an English translation yet, I think? Just a couple weeks old…
And it’s really good. It not as immediate as, for instance, Out Stealing Horses, but it’s totes gripping. Sometimes it felt like he’s careening from the personal to the private, and I’m like sitting here “OK, but why are you telling me this?”, but then the next scene would just be devastating.
I think it’s a really strong book, but I see that it’s gotten some middling reviews… which I understand, but I think they’re holding the book wrong. Sorry, I meant reading the book wrong. And I see that the parts of the book I liked the most are what the reviewers found the weakest. Typical! Why must everybody else always be so wrong!
Du er hjemme nå (2025) by Per Petterson (3.83 on Goodreads)