A Man Called Ove
The global bestselling phenomenon
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- 5,49 €
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- 5,49 €
Publisher Description
The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step.
'Funny, moving, life-affirming, charming, delightful. Do not hesitate to read this'
Amazon reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'How can anyone not like this gorgeous, grumpy old man??!!!'
Amazon reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Typing this review after just finishing the book. Still wiping away tears'
Amazon reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A beautiful, compassionate tale which makes us want to be better people'
Amazon reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'The perfect holiday read'
Evening Standard
Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - joggers, neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly and shop assistants who talk in code.
But isn't it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so?
In the end, you will see, there is something about Ove that is quite irresistible . . .
'Hilarious and heart-breaking'
Stylist
'Rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it'
Spectator Books of the Year
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Pretty much everything annoys Ove, a 55-year-old who’s been pushed into early retirement—including Japanese cars, cappuccino, tall people and cats. But when a lanky man driving a trailer attached to a hybrid crashes into Ove’s immaculate flowerbed and mailbox, his worldview is turned upside down. Like The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, this debut by Fredrik Backman—a word-of-mouth hit in Sweden—is a zany tribute to old-fashioned values. In spite of its bone-dry humour and curmudgeonly rants about modern phenomena like facial hair and jogging, A Man Called Ove is a nostalgic (albeit unconventional) love story with unforgettable characters.
