Echoland

Resource Information

The work Echoland represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Hamilton Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Echoland

Statement of responsibility

Per Petterson ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett

Title variation

Echo land

Creator

• Petterson, Per, 1952-

Contributor

• Bartlett, Don
• Petterson, Per, 1952-

Subject

• Boys -- Fiction
• Denmark -- Fiction
• Families -- Fiction
• Family vacations -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans

Genre

• Bildungsromans
• Fiction

Language

• eng
• nor
• eng

Summary

Twelve-year-old Arvid and his family are on holiday, staying with his grandparents in Denmark. Confused by the underlying tension between his mother and grandmother, Arvid is grappling with his own sense of self. He's on the cusp of becoming a teenager, feeling awkward in his own skin. As Arvid cycles around town, down to the beach with its view of the lighthouse, his new-found freedom fuels his desire to experience life. He feels exhilaration as he strips off his red swimming trunks and taunts a bull before running to safety, and as he jumps into the water while fishing to batter a line-caught fish to death-- violence he can't quite comprehend in its aftermath. "Echoland" is an extraordinarily subtle and truthful snapshot of growing up, with an emotional depth that lingers long after its final pages

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Language note

Translated from the Norwegian

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult