In the Wake
Max Magee reviews Per Petterson's "In the Wake" at Conversational Reading
That boundary between madness and loneliness is plumbed to great effect by Petterson in In the Wake, and is heightened by the Scandanavian backdrop of icy roads and unadorned apartment blocks. The book opens with Petteron's ruminating, somewhat pathetic male protagonist Arvid Jansen regaining lucidity leaning against the door of a bookstore. Arvid is bruised and battered though he knows not why. What follows is Arvid's slow steps toward awareness and a tentative investigation of memory.
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