“Petterson Has Been Widely Praised for the Context of Out Stealing Horses; His Descriptions of Nature, and of Small Quiet Moments in Everyday Life. Images of Landscapes or Domestic Scenes Are Vividly Evoked and It Is

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“Petterson has been widely praised for the context of Out Stealing Horses; his descriptions of nature, and of small quiet moments in everyday life. Images of landscapes or domestic scenes are vividly evoked and it is his writing that makes these ordinary moments compelling.” Discuss. Per Petterson’s Out Stealing Horses is revolved around Trond Sanders’ life and the happenings within it. It is based in two different time lines, one of when Trond was spending a summer with his father in his childhood, and the other being a version of Trond as he is 50, living near to isolation from society. Trond’s early memories of his childhood are brought back forth from the meeting of his neighbour who he once knew. This sparked his recollection of the tragic events that took place that summer. Many of the small details of Trond’s everyday lifestyle are examined by Petterson thoroughly, this thorough observation of the things in Trond’s life can also be seen whenever the nature is referred to. Petterson “vividly [evokes]” many scenes to make sure all the details are brought forth and sucks in the reader, making “these ordinary moments compelling”. Petterson writes as if Trond’s life and his love for life are all revolved around nature and the small quiet moments in everyday life. He focuses a great deal on these small factors that many writers would overlook, and it adds a lot of detail to the novel so that we, as readers, can truly delve deep into the life of Trond. By explaining nearly every minute detail so that we can grasp perfectly how Trond’s life works and the happening in it, we are put into a position so that we are able to understand Trond as if we were him. We can fully understand the situation that Trond is in, and as new information is revealed we become closer to the character of Trond and can understand the course of events that altered Trond to become the man he
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