Ashes in my mouth, sand in my shoes : stories /

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Petterson, Per, 1952
Group Author: Bartlett, Don
Published: Graywolf Press,
Publisher Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota :
Publication Dates: [2015]
©2013
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Norwegian
Series: Lannan translation series
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Summary: Ten stories paint a complex, confusing, wonder-filled portrait of childhood through the eyes of a young boy, Arvid Jansen, in 1960s Oslo.
Carrier Form: 118 pages ; 17 cm.
ISBN: 9781555977009 (paperback) :
1555977006 (paperback)
Index Number: PT8951
CLC: I533.45
Call Number: I533.45/P499-3
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.