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A man called Ove : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; [translation, Henning Koch].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Swedish Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2014Edition: First Atria Books hardcover editionDescription: 337 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781476738017 (hardcover)
  • 1476738017 (hardcover)
  • 9781476738024 (pbk.)
  • 1476738025 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Man som heter Ove. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 839.73/8 23
LOC classification:
  • PT9877.12.A32 M3613 2014
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 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" -- <U+01C2>c from publisher's web site.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Sonoma Academy Library F BAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 921004
Book Book Sonoma Academy Library F OVE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 901347
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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" -- <U+01C2>c from publisher's web site.

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