I Curse the River of Time

London: Harvill Secker, 2010 9781846553004. First Edition; First Printing. Copmplete numberline. Hardcover. 233 pages. Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket which has small and attractive photographic promotional sticker on front over. This is a novel from the winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Out Stealing Horses. "It is a mesmerizingly beautiful book about love, regret, family secrets and failed revolution. The novel takes us through thirty-seven-year-old Arvids life and its descent towards a moment of terrible crisis. It traces his parents hesitant support when he gives up his place at college to work in a paper mill, like his father; his experiences as a fervent young Maoist in Norway in the 1960s; the death of his younger brother; the passionate, enveloping romance that led to marriage and children and, for a time, happiness; the failure of that relationship, and its transformation into a source of harrowing pain." .