November 28th, 2007—Graywolf Press is delighted to announce that OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson has been selected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2007. OUT STEALING HORSES has been a breakout success for Graywolf Press this year with over 25,000 copies in print, contributing to a record year of sales for the publisher. Graywolf Press will publish TO SIBERIA by Per Petterson in September 2008.

This is the latest triumph for a novel that has enjoyed a string of outstanding successes. OUT STEALING HORSES was selected from finalists Salman Rushdie, Cormac McCarthy, J. M. Coetzee, Jonathan Safran Foer, and others to win the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award on June 14th, 2007. It is also the recipient of the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and the Critics’ Award for Best Novel, and won Britain’s prestigious Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The novel has been translated into 24 languages, and has been a surprise bestseller in Norway and Germany. Published by Graywolf Press in June 2006, the novel received accolades from reviewers and writers alike, from the New York Review of Books to Newsweek.

OUT STEALING HORSES is the story of a man who has settled into a rustic cabin in an isolated part of eastern Norway to live the rest of his life with quiet deliberation. A meeting with his only neighbor, however, forces him to reflect on a fateful childhood summer. Petterson’s subtle prose and profound vision make OUT STEALING HORSES an unforgettable novel.

Graywolf Press will release TO SIBERIA by Per Petterson next fall. This stunning story captures a young woman’s budding independence and her elusive, yet persistent dream to escape Denmark for the cold, clear skies of Siberia.

Per Petterson, a former bookseller turned internationally renowned author, is the author of four previous novels, including In the Wake (Picador), which have established him as one of Norway’s best fiction writers. Petterson was born in Oslo to a working-class family. He has worked as a manual laborer, is trained as a librarian, spent twelve years as a bookseller, and was a translator and literary critic before becoming a full-time writer. In April Per Petterson was a featured participant at the PEN World Voices Festival in New York. Paperback rights for Out Stealing Horses have been sold to Picador.

Out Stealing Horses is a Lannan Literary Selection, and is translated from the Norwegian by Anne Born. Anne Born is a poet, critic, and historian, and has translated many works from the principal Scandinavian languages into English, including two previous novels by Per Petterson.

Graywolf Press, based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is an independent literary publisher with a list of about thirty books a year. Graywolf’s award-winning titles include poetry, fiction, memoir, and books about writing. Graywolf has been developing its international list since 2000, with support from the Lannan Foundation.