In the Wake
by Per Petterson | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780099520740 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780099520740 Global Overview for this book
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Arvid Jansen's is a 43 Norwegian man who lost his parents and two brothers in a horrific ferry accident. Even though it is now six years later, Arvid still suffers crippling grief. He feels guilty because he fought with his family while they were alive and misses them terribly now that they are gone.
Arvid wanders around Oslo and through the Norwegian countryside, without purpose or direction, shifting through memories of his father with whom he had a conflictual relationship. A divorced father of two girls whom he rarely sees, Arvid is also estranged from his only remaining older brother. He wants to be alone yet he yearns for human contact and has stilted relationships with two neighbors, a Kurdish man who knows only three words of Norwegian and a woman who lives across the way, Ms Grinde. After Arvid's brother attempts suicide, Arvid tries to reconnect with him and pull them both out of the abyss.
Arvid wanders around Oslo and through the Norwegian countryside, without purpose or direction, shifting through memories of his father with whom he had a conflictual relationship. A divorced father of two girls whom he rarely sees, Arvid is also estranged from his only remaining older brother. He wants to be alone yet he yearns for human contact and has stilted relationships with two neighbors, a Kurdish man who knows only three words of Norwegian and a woman who lives across the way, Ms Grinde. After Arvid's brother attempts suicide, Arvid tries to reconnect with him and pull them both out of the abyss.
Journal Entry 4 by Gahan at Ufficio Postale in Piacenza, Emilia Romagna Italy on Friday, February 22, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (2/23/2008 UTC) at Ufficio Postale in Piacenza, Emilia Romagna Italy
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This book was sent to me via BookMooch.com and I am currently mid-way through reading it.
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Sent to me in Canada from England via Bookmooch. I will read and pass on or keep if it is really good to read again.