Format:
Book
Author:
Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author.
Title:
A man called Ove : a novel / Fredrik Backman.
Edition:
First Atria books hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:
©2014
New York : Atria Books, 2014.
Description:
337 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.
Subjects:
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Negativism -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Older men -- Fiction.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
Other Author:
Koch, Henning, translator.
Other Title:
Man som heter Ove. English
Notes:
Translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.
LCCN:
2014015618
ISBN:
9781476738017
1476738017
9781476738024
1476738025
Other Number:
879468616
System Availability:
10
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
10
Control Number:
586781
Call Number:
FICTION Backman
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
3
# System items in:
3