This Norwegian novel was one of the NY Times' 10 Best Books of 2007. it's a beautiful, lyrical novel with wild nature as one of the main characters. A 60ish man retires to a remote cabin in the SE Norwegian woods, by a river near the Swedish border. There he relives his boyhood summer days in the same cabin, tracing the dramatic stories of what happened (both tragedy and fun) and how those events shaped his adult life. A calming, beautiful book to read in our busy urban rush.