I Curse the River of Time (Norwegian: Jeg forbanner tidens elv) is a 2008 novel by the Norwegian writer Per Petterson. The narrative is set in 1989 against the backdrop of a communist Europe. The story revolves around Arvid Jansen, the protagonist, and his relationship with his mother, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. The book received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2009.^[1]

The BookScore assessed critical response as an aggregated score of 8.5 out of 10.^[2] Culture Critic gave it an aggregated score of 84% from critics.^[3] In the July/August 2011 issue of Bookmarks, the book was scored 3.5 out of 5. The magazine's critical summary reads: "Critics roundly praised Petterson's poetic language and unwavering rejection of sentimentality. Instead, he evokes a lovely sense of melancholy, movingly echoed in stark descriptions of the lonely Scandinavian landscape. Not all critics agreed, however, that I Curse the River of Time is a worthy successor to the best-selling Out Stealing Horses".^[4]

• 2008 in literature
• Norwegian literature