Men in My Situation

"Petterson's bracing latest captures the rhythms and anomie of grief."--Publishers Weekly

"Petterson has written a beautifully nuanced, deeply felt, and powerful story of survival."--Library Journal, starred review

"Per Petterson [is] a master at capturing internal tumult, family relationships and the vicissitudes of grief. . . . 'Men in My Situation' is possessed of an austerity and bleakness that is satisfyingly unforgiving."--Nina Renata Aron, Los Angeles Times

"With 'Men in My Situation, ' Petterson deepens his examination of grief by animating how a parent's loss, depression and trauma can be passed from one generation to the next. . . . . Ultimately, Petterson provides an honest portrait of how one family unravels -- and hopefully is put back together again, albeit in a different configuration." --S. Kirk Walsh, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

"Men in My Situation [is] the best book I've read this summer. . . . Petterson's writing (brilliantly rendered by translator Ingvild Burkey) slips away from you, and you watch in quiet amazement as it rises into a beyond that's lying right there, before you, on the page."--Cory Stockwell, The Common

"[A] beautiful, touchingly honest novel. . . . Until its final, stunning pages, Men in My Situation plays out with profound sensitivity and insight as a struggle for the soul of Arvid Jansen."--Robert Crooke, Heavy Feather Review