Men in My Situation

Name: Men in My Situation
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SKU: 9781529111521
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By the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses

By Per Petterson

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Summary

Men in My Situation by Per Petterson delves into the life of Arvid Jansen, a man navigating the aftermath of personal tragedies, including a divorce that continues to haunt him. As he grapples with isolation and his struggles with emotional connections, the story poignantly examines themes of loneliness and the complexities of human relationships through a beautifully introspective narrative.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate deeply introspective narratives that explore themes of grief, solitude, and human connection. Set against the backdrop of a Scandinavian landscape, it delves into the complexities of a man's life as he navigates personal challenges and strained relationships. With an evocative and reflective style, it offers readers a poignant journey through emotional resilience and rediscovery.

Men in My Situation

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A tender, merciless portrait of grief, divorce, fatherhood, and a life going to pieces. A major new novel from the author of the bestselling Out Stealing Horses.

A tender portrait of grief, fatherhood, and a life going to pieces from the bestselling author.

'Vivid and moving... It would be hard to find a better writer than Petterson' - Irish Times

In 1992, Arvid Jansen is thirty-eight, divorced, and paralysed by grief. More than a year has passed since the tragic accident that took his parents and two of his brothers.

Existence has become a question of holding on to a few firm things: loud, smoky bars, whisky, records, company for the night, and taxis home. Or driving his Mazda into the stunning, solitary landscape outside of Oslo, sleeping in the car when his bed is an impossible place to be.

Adrift and inept, Arvid feels his life unravelling. Is there any redemption for a man in his situation?

'Per Petterson writes about masculinity as well as anyone' - Torrey Peters

'A rare insight into male vulnerability' - Evening Standard

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Petterson is celebrated for his spare and deliberate prose, creating a powerful impact on readers. He is acclaimed for his gift as a novelist by notable authors like Richard Ford and James Wood. His ability to capture time and memory's intricate relationship is praised, along with his distinctive and fluid sentence structures. Reading his work is compared to experiencing a vivid northern landscape painting, evoking a strong sense of atmosphere.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529111521

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 August 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Contributors:

Translated by Ingvild Burkey

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 242g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Per Petterson was born in Oslo in 1952 and worked for several years as an unskilled labourer and a bookseller. He has received the prestigious Nordic Council Literature Prize and, on multiple occasions, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Booksellers' Best Book of the Year Award for his many celebrated novels, such as In the Wake, I Curse the River of Time and I Refuse. Petterson made his literary breakthrough in 2003 with Out Stealing Horses, which in English translation won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. It has been published in fifty languages and was an international bestseller.