It"s time to take the horses

Peterson grabbed the very thing that excites each of us - like a fragile human life ... His prose is disturbed by the heart and a thought wakes up, like a refreshing suburban walk.
"Daily Telegraph"

The novel "It is time to take the horses of the Norwegian pen Peterson became a literary sensation, its author was awarded one of the most prestigious awards for prose writers - the IMPAC International Prize, bypassing such rivals as Salman Rushdi and John Kutzey. Especially critics note the language of the novel - P. Peterson is considered one of the best Norwegian stylists.

The hero of Roman Trond Sander, after the death of his beloved wife, moves from the capital of Norway to the village wilderness, to be in nature more often and finally find peace in the declining of years. However, an accidental meeting with a person from the past returns the protagonist to the memories of long -forgotten tragic events: wartime, resistance movement, love drama - woman and two men ...

In 2019, a film adaptation of the novel with Stellan Skarsgard in the title role was released. In Berlinal in the same year, the film received a silver bear