“Like an old photograph, it illuminates everything to a sudden point of clarity” – Echoland by Per Petterson

"Petterson’s sea is like life itself, with its riptides and sandbanks and its plaice that everyone in the little town is fed up with, and the cod that feels like one strong muscle in Arvid’s hands. So are Petterson’s long sentences which somehow don’t feel complicated and add to the powerful juxtaposition of Arvid’s simple activities and the complex significance of everything around him that he soaks up and constantly reflects on..." - Maia Nikitina reviews Echoland by Per Petterson

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