Out Stealing Horses

Out Stealing Horses
Author: Per Petterson 2003 238 pp
My rating: 3.5*
Started March 26 2010, Finished March 28 2010

This tale about a boy and his family in rural Norway during WWII generates much reader interest and suspense for most of its length buts ends somewhat abruptly, leaving some plot threads inadequately concluded -- a couple of its major characters receive “never heard from again“ treatment. In retrospect, it felt like a long short story or novella, or the first part of a greater work were never written.