Literary
Humor
2012
Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Published in Spanish as Un hombre llamado Ove
Perfect for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project and David Nicholl's US.
What it is
Learning to live after a loss · comedy with teeth
What happens in it
Living with grief
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Structure
- Jumps in time
- Who tells it
- Third person, up close
- Pulls you in with
- Its characters
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you want a book that understands loss
- you read for the characters
- you want to laugh out loud
Maybe not if…
- you prefer a story told in order
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