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I Curse the River of Time by Petterson, Per is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is I Curse the River of Time about?

Starred Review. Like an emotional sucker punch, the latest novel from the much-acclaimed Petterson (a prequel to 2006's In the Wake) examines lives half-lived, ending, and perhaps beginning anew. In 1989, 37-year-old Arvid Jansen's marriage is ending and his mother is dying of cancer. Hoping to leave his marital woes behind in Oslo, Jansen follows his Danish-born mother to her home country, to the beach house where the family spent summers. During the ferry ride and the following days in Denmark, Jansen recalls his childhood bond with his mother and his decision, after two years of college, to leave school and join his fellow Communists in the factories. He struggles with his commitment to communism--the title is a line from a poem by Mao--and with his place in his family and in the larger world. Thankfully, there is neither overt sentimentalism nor a deathbed declaration of love between mother and son, but Petterson blends enough hope with the gorgeously evoked melancholy to come up with a heartbreaking and cautiously optimistic work.

Who reads I Curse the River of Time?

Author

Petterson, Per

Publisher

Ulverscroft

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781555970093

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.39 / 5 (2,163 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14