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One of my many horrors is to become the man with the frayed jacket and unfastened flies standing at the Co-op counter with egg on his shirt and more too because the mirror in the hall has given up the ghost. A shipwrecked man without an anchor in the world except in his own liquid thoughts where time has lost its sequence.

Per Petterson

But that's life. That's what you learn from; when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

Per Petterson

Per Petterson

Per Petterson

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Born: July 18, 1952 (age 72)

Bio: Per Petterson is a Norwegian novelist. His debut book was Aske i munnen, sand i skoa, a collection of short stories. He has since published a number of novels to good reviews.

Known for:

Out Stealing Horses (2003)
I Refuse (2014)
I Curse the River of Time (2008)
To Siberia (1996)
Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes: Stories (2013)

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