This is a fun book, the kind that helps pass the time at a bus stop or in an airport. It's about the cars we drive, the women we fall in love with, the computers that drive us crazy, and the things we are afraid of. It’s the story of a rather cantankerous 59-year-old man, the kind who drives a Saab and is always picking fights with neighbors if they throw trash in the wrong bin or drive into the residential area when the sign says, in plain Swedish, that it is strictly forbidden.
But people aren’t born grumpy old men. It’s just that a tender, loving heart becomes covered in a hard crust from loneliness, and tidiness, thoroughness, and handiness turn into pickiness toward a new, frivolous generation because they are no longer needed. A resentment toward the world festers inside, life becomes a burden, and a hand reaches for a noose – but life is unpredictable. It ruins all plans, including ones like this. And then, at the most inopportune moment, all of Ove’s talents are suddenly in demand, and then things really take off!..
Author: Fredrik Backman
Translator: Ruslan Kosynkin
Pages: 384 (offset). Paperback
Dimensions: 201x125x21 mm
