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To Siberia
To Siberia: A Novel | Per Petterson
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I was fourteen and a half when the Germans came. On that 9th April we woke to the roar of aeroplanes swooping so low over the roofs of the town that we could see the black iron crosses painted on the underside of their wings when we leaned out of the windows and looked up. In this exquisite novel, readers will find the crystalline prose and depth of feeling they adored in Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses, a literary sensation of 2007. A brother and sister are forced ever more closely together after the suicide of their grandfather. Their parents' neglect leaves them wandering the streets of their small Danish village. The sister dreams of escaping to Siberia, but it seems increasingly distant as she helplessly watches her brother become more and more involved in resisting the Nazis.
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Anna40
To Siberia: A Novel | Per Petterson
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Per Pettersen is an outstanding writer and I loved his book Out stealing horses, but To Siberia? I found myself drifting off while reading, wondering where the connection was between different characters in the book that appear and then disappear (Lone, for example) and the bond between brother and sister was almost one of physical attraction. Not for me...

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HannaPolkadots
To Siberia: A Novel | Per Petterson
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January was a good reading month, and a great start to my reading challenge. The tagged book was my favorite read this month, with Petterson's newest as a close second.