I just don't know how to share this book. It is uneven and at times difficult to follow. Ove is a fuss budget who lives in Sweden. His wife, whom he adored, has recently died. He visits her grave and mourns her. Ove is a curmudgeon who likes very few, if any, people and he dislikes virtually ever...
Best book in awhile. Liked the old curmudgeon (who incidentally is "old" but my age - 59). Good book about people who are different in a relationship and (but) love each other. Also a good book about how outsiders and their impact on people who seemed to be permanently set in their ways. Swedis...
This lovely, bittersweet story gives us the world from Ove's point of view. If you liked MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND or BEING ESTHER, you will love this.Ove is a little set in his ways. In fact, he has been that way all his life. Never mind that the rest of the world is chaos, he's going to do t...
Det er første gang jeg skriver en omtale, men denne boken fortjener å bli sett og lest. Dette er et eventyr for voksne, men mens man sitter å leser denne boken føler man seg ikke som et voksent barn, heller er det som om man ER et barn som sitter å leser sine skumle og morsomme fortellinger som m...
Een boek dat vele emoties losmaakte: het ene moment zat ik te lachen met de kronkels in dat kinderhoofdje - hoe ze met een rode markeerstift overal spelfouten verbetert! - het volgende moment te wenen op de begrafenis van de oma. Het is een hilarisch en tegelijk ontroerend verhaal van een reis la...
Jag saknar ord. Det finns ingenting jag kan skriva som beskriver eller sammanfattar den magi Backman har åstadkommit igen. De sista150 sidorna läste jag i ett sträck, de sista 50 grät jag konstant. Och fnissade mellan tårarna. Lika fantastisk som Ove, men ändå så annorlunda. Jag kan inte ens före...
In tegenstelling tot "en man som heter Ove" en "min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt" is dit boek van Fredrik Backman geen echte roman, doch eerder een aaneenschakeling van korte stukjes, anekdotes en ja, zelfs recepten waarin Backman een boodschap wil meegeven aan zijn twee jaar oude zoon. Een hee...
And now here he stands, looking at the cat. And the cat looks back. And Ove remains strikingly nondead. It’s all incredibly irritating. A half-dozen times Ove woke up in the night when the cat, with more than a little disresp...
He gives her the bamboo screen and she gives him the balcony boxes. “I was told there was a large flat-pack from IKEA in the backseat of your car, should I load it into my car?” he asks helpfully. “You certainly shall not!” answers Britt-Marie, as if he had suggested setting fire to it. “Of cours...
And the very best are from Miamas.The other five kingdoms have produced the odd fairy tale now and then of course, but none of them are anywhere near as good. In Miamas, fairy tales are still produced around the clock, lovingly handmade one by one, and only the very, very finest of them are expor...