A Man Called Ove

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A Man Called Ove

De : Fredrik Backman, Henning Koch - translator

Lu par : Joan Walker

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The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.

The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks.

Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step.

'Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving' Daily Mail

At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup d'etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents' Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets.

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...

'Rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it' Spectator Books of the Year

(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2014 Fredrik Backman

Fredrik BackmanHenning Koch - translatorJoan WalkerSceptre

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Littérature et fiction

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Delightful ... the perfect holiday read.

It's the most enchanting, beautiful tale. (Ben Fogle)

A warm and tender story about love, loss and second chances, peppered with memorable characters, wonderful set pieces and some beautifully black humour. Ove is a joy from start to finish. (Gavin Extence, author of The Universe versus Alex Woods)

An uplifting, life-affirming and often comic tale of how kindness, love and happiness can be found in the most unlikely places.

A charming debut.

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There is nothing new in the overall plot:- a grumpy old man mourns his wife and decides that he will join her in death. But the result is not a drively-idiotic-book that one regrets buying : - the ensuing story instead transports one instantly - as only a well written fable can. The author has filled his writing with lightness, with irony , with depth, and with a certain amount of love. His imagery is skilful and exceptionally subtle and he managed to maintain the energy of the writing at a constant rate throughout.
I doubt that very much has been lost in the translation to English (well done Henning Koch).
At some point in the book you might find yourself wishing that you had a man called Ove in your life.