A man called Ove :
Backman, Fredrik, 1981-
A man called Ove : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; [translation, Henning Koch]. - First Atria Books hardcover edition. - 337 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm
Originally published in Swedish as En man som heter Ove: Stockholm : Forum, 2012. This translation originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2014.
"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 neighbor from hell." But 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" --c from publisher's web site.
9781476738017 (hardcover) 1476738017 (hardcover) 9781476738024 (pbk.) 1476738025 (pbk.)
2014015618
Older men--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
PT9877.12.A32 / M3613 2014
839.73/8
A man called Ove : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; [translation, Henning Koch]. - First Atria Books hardcover edition. - 337 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm
Originally published in Swedish as En man som heter Ove: Stockholm : Forum, 2012. This translation originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2014.
"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 neighbor from hell." But 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" --
9781476738017 (hardcover) 1476738017 (hardcover) 9781476738024 (pbk.) 1476738025 (pbk.)
2014015618
Older men--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
PT9877.12.A32 / M3613 2014
839.73/8