Out Stealing Horses week 3 post b

Out Stealing Horses has turned out to be a surprisingly melancholy book. It is the reflection of an old man on his life, and is written in a style that leaves a feeling of loneliness and makes me ache for this man. He has not yet revealed the cause for this sadness; but has revealed that it might have something to do with his father and childhood neighbor, Jon. His life lately has not been too bad, and he does not need much to satisfy his needs. He has recently purchased a house on top of a hill in the woods of Norway, a prime piece of property with a cabin that needs many repairs that are hard for an old man to complete. He does not know how to do many of these things on his own, but can think back to the time when he lived with his dad in a cabin in the summers of his childhood and remember what his father would do.