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050 4 a| PT8951.26.E88b| A8513 2015;

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100 1 a| Petterson, Per,d| 1952-e| author.=| ^A698291;

240 10 a| Aske i munnen, sand i skoa.l| English=| ^A1269678;

245 10 a| Ashes in my mouth, sand in my shoes :b| stories /c| Per Petterson ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett.;

264 1 a| Minneapolis, Minnesota :b| Graywolf Press,c| [2015];

300 a| 118 pages ;c| 17 cm.;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Lannan translation series;

546 a| In English, translated from Norwegian.;

505 0 a| A man without shoes -- Ashes in his mouth -- The black car -- The king is dead -- Like a tiger in a cage -- Fatso -- People are not animals -- Call me Ali Baba -- Today you must pray to God -- Before the war.;

520 a| Ten stories paint a complex, confusing, wonder-filled portrait of childhood through the eyes of a young boy, Arvid Jansen, in 1960s Oslo.;

520 a| Young Arvid Jansen lives on the outskirts of Oslo. It's the early sixties; his father works in a shoe factory and his Danish mother works as a cleaner. Arvid has nightmares about crocodiles and still wets his bed at night, but slowly he begins to understand the world around him. Vivid images accompany each new event: A photo of his mother as a young woman makes him cry as he realizes how time passes, and the black car that comes to collect his father on the day Arvid's grandfather dies reminds him of the passing of his bullfinch. And then, one morning, his teacher tells his class to pray because a nuclear war is looming.Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes, Per Petterson's debut, in which he introduces Arvid Jansen to the world, is a delicate portrait of childhood in all its complexity, wonder, and confusion that will delight fans of "Out Stealing Horses" and new readers alike.;

651 0 a| Oslo (Norway)v| Fiction.=| ^A634615;

650 0 a| Familiesv| Fiction.=| ^A533241;

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650 7 a| Families.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01728849;

655 7 a| Short stories.2| lcgft;

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655 7 a| Fiction.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01423787;

655 7 a| Short stories.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01726740;

700 1 a| Bartlett, Done| translator.=| ^A795614;

830 0 a| Lannan translation series selection.=| ^A768375;

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Ashes in my mouth, sand in my shoes : stories / Per Petterson ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett.

Author/creator	Petterson, Per, 1952- author.
Other author	Bartlett, Don translator.
Format	Book
Publication	Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2015]
Copyright Date	©2013
Description	118 pages ; 17 cm.
Subjects	Boys--Norway. --Oslo. --Fiction. Families--Fiction. Oslo (Norway)--Fiction.

Uniform title	Aske i munnen, sand i skoa. English
Series	Lannan translation series Lannan translation series selection. ^A768375
Contents	A man without shoes -- Ashes in his mouth -- The black car -- The king is dead -- Like a tiger in a cage -- Fatso -- People are not animals -- Call me Ali Baba -- Today you must pray to God -- Before the war.
Abstract	Ten stories paint a complex, confusing, wonder-filled portrait of childhood through the eyes of a young boy, Arvid Jansen, in 1960s Oslo.
Abstract	Young Arvid Jansen lives on the outskirts of Oslo. It's the early sixties; his father works in a shoe factory and his Danish mother works as a cleaner. Arvid has nightmares about crocodiles and still wets his bed at night, but slowly he begins to understand the world around him. Vivid images accompany each new event: A photo of his mother as a young woman makes him cry as he realizes how time passes, and the black car that comes to collect his father on the day Arvid's grandfather dies reminds him of the passing of his bullfinch. And then, one morning, his teacher tells his class to pray because a nuclear war is looming.Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes, Per Petterson's debut, in which he introduces Arvid Jansen to the world, is a delicate portrait of childhood in all its complexity, wonder, and confusion that will delight fans of "Out Stealing Horses" and new readers alike.
Language	In English, translated from Norwegian.
Genre/form	Short stories.
Genre/form	Short stories.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Short stories.
ISBN	9781555977009
ISBN	1555977006

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