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Made in Sweden
Drie broers bedenken een masterplan om nooit meer geldzorgen te hebben. Niet veel later vormen ze de bende achter de grootste reeks gewelddadige bankovervallen uit de Zweedse geschiedenis. Hun band werd gesmeed toen ze samen opgroeiden onder het juk van hun gewelddadige vader, een band die nu tot het uiterste wordt getest. Want lukt het ze hun steeds ambitieuzere plannen uit te voeren, en kunnen ze uit handen blijven van de politie?
736 pages, Paperback
First published May 28, 2014
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Anders Roslund
52 books406 followersAnders Roslund is a Swedish author and journalist. He is the founder and former head of Kulturnyheterna (Culture News) on SVT, Sweden's national television broadcaster. For many years he worked as a news reporter – specializing in criminal and social issues – and as an Editor-in-chief at Rapport and Aktuellt, the two major News programmes on SVT.
Roslund regularly collaborates with Börge Hellström, and together they make up the writing duo of Roslund & Hellström.
Roslund regularly collaborates with Börge Hellström, and together they make up the writing duo of Roslund & Hellström.
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June 19, 2016
The thing I find interesting about the book is that it's based on a true story about three brothers that robbed banks in Sweden in the beginning of the 90s. And, I have no recollections of it. Of course, I was around 12 years old when they started to rob banks and to be honest new around that time wasn't something I cared that much about unless it was things like the fall of the Berlin wall, etc. So, I was interested, to read this book even though it was a "fictional story" and not a biographical. There are similarities with the real robberies and the ones that committed them.
I can honestly say that it was not an easy book to read, I had trouble really getting interested in the book and most of the time I felt that the story just wasn't engrossing enough. But, that has more to do with me than the book. The book is in no way badly written, and for the right person that likes stories like this one will this book be perfect. I prefer more mystery stories, this story well, one know how it all will end. What I found interesting were the similarities between the boy's story and the cop that was after them. They both had the same kind of childhood, with an abusing father. They just turned out a bit different, even though one can't say that the cop turned out that well either since he really had relationship trouble.
I think that this book suits people that like to read fictional books about real crimes. If you, like me prefer books that have twists, then perhaps this is not four you. I struggled quite a lot to finish the book, there weren't enough in the story to really seize my interest. The best part was probably reading about the boys childhood and seeing how it formed the men they become.
I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy for an honest review.
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I can honestly say that it was not an easy book to read, I had trouble really getting interested in the book and most of the time I felt that the story just wasn't engrossing enough. But, that has more to do with me than the book. The book is in no way badly written, and for the right person that likes stories like this one will this book be perfect. I prefer more mystery stories, this story well, one know how it all will end. What I found interesting were the similarities between the boy's story and the cop that was after them. They both had the same kind of childhood, with an abusing father. They just turned out a bit different, even though one can't say that the cop turned out that well either since he really had relationship trouble.
I think that this book suits people that like to read fictional books about real crimes. If you, like me prefer books that have twists, then perhaps this is not four you. I struggled quite a lot to finish the book, there weren't enough in the story to really seize my interest. The best part was probably reading about the boys childhood and seeing how it formed the men they become.
I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy for an honest review.
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February 28, 2016
I ratted out my bank robber brothers Description: An epic crime novel with the excitement of Jo Nesbo's Headhunters and the depth of We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who held Sweden to ransom, committing ten audacious bank robberies over just two years.
None had committed a crime before. All were under 24 years old. All of them would be changed forever.
In this intoxicating, heartbreaking thriller, the fourth brother, who was not involved in the real robberies, tells of three boys who grew from innocent children to become public enemy number one - and of the man who made them that way.
Opening: He's sitting in a yellow volkswagen van that smells of sweat and paint and something else he can't quite put his finger on.
This is an eye-scorching read: fictional treatment of true crime and (co) written by a family member. In no way does this account glamourise the criminals.Pedestrian writing yet it gets the job done. Dual timeline, tense relationships, social conditioning. 'The Father' would make a great film. 3.5*
June 14, 2015
This novel is based upon a true story and centres around three brothers, plus their childhood friend, who become bank robbers; plus the detective who is hunting them. The book switches viewpoint between, ‘then’ and ‘now,’ unveiling a tragic tale of domestic violence and of a father who overshadows the lives of Leo, Felix and Vincent. Like the brothers, detective John Broncks, comes from a similar background and, like them, domestic violence erupted in family tragedy.
It is clear, from the beginning, that this is no ordinary crime novel – yet, a crime novel is precisely what it is. Leo involves Felix, Vincent and childhood friend Jasper, in undertaking breathtaking robberies; planned with precision, undertaken with nerve and with a long term plan of becoming financially independent. However, eventually, the initial euphoria of success, gradually begins to unravel. Leo’s relationship with his girlfriend comes under strain, Jasper is all too aware that he does not share the bonds of the three brothers and Leo cannot resist getting back in contact with the father who has overshadowed his life…
I found this a very moving, immersive and interesting book – made more so when you discover who the co-author of this novel is. John Broncks adds an almost mirror image of eldest brother, Leo. A man who has struggled with many of the same demons and whose understanding gives the storyline an extra dimension. Meanwhile, the shadow of the father – Ivan – falls across every page. As the men plan more and more audacious robberies, tension builds and relationships are tested. This really is a unique novel. As well as being an interesting personal read, it would be a good choice for book groups, with much to discuss. Lastly, I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, for review.
It is clear, from the beginning, that this is no ordinary crime novel – yet, a crime novel is precisely what it is. Leo involves Felix, Vincent and childhood friend Jasper, in undertaking breathtaking robberies; planned with precision, undertaken with nerve and with a long term plan of becoming financially independent. However, eventually, the initial euphoria of success, gradually begins to unravel. Leo’s relationship with his girlfriend comes under strain, Jasper is all too aware that he does not share the bonds of the three brothers and Leo cannot resist getting back in contact with the father who has overshadowed his life…
I found this a very moving, immersive and interesting book – made more so when you discover who the co-author of this novel is. John Broncks adds an almost mirror image of eldest brother, Leo. A man who has struggled with many of the same demons and whose understanding gives the storyline an extra dimension. Meanwhile, the shadow of the father – Ivan – falls across every page. As the men plan more and more audacious robberies, tension builds and relationships are tested. This really is a unique novel. As well as being an interesting personal read, it would be a good choice for book groups, with much to discuss. Lastly, I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, for review.
May 12, 2016
Baseado na história verídica de Stefen Thunberg, um dos autores do livro, O Pai foi uma leitura aliciante entre o saber a história de um pai violento e de três filhos que se transformam em assaltantes de bancos e causaram o terror na Suécia durante dois anos, na década de 90.
Narrado entre dois espaços temporais completamente diferentes, (infância dos assaltantes e presente), vamos percebendo toda a violência que padeceram estes três miúdos, assim como a mãe destes, que na última tareia que sofreu quase que morria às mãos de um homem que abusava da bebida e da violência. Mesmo depois de fugir de casa, a pobre mãe era perseguida pelo marido que, fazendo-se acompanhar por um dos filhos, tentou incendiar a casa onde morava com o pai desta, para que morresse queimada. Tudo isto afecta as jovens crianças, que acabam por viver sempre na violência e fazem dela um modo de vida.
Habituados a defenderem-se usando a força desde muito novos (os autores descrevem muito bem como o pai os ensinou a defenderem-se de uma tentativa de bullying na escola), tudo dava a entender que Leo, Felix e Vincent não seguissem os passos do pai. No entanto, a vida dá uma volta e, juntamente com o amigo de infância de um dos irmãos, Jasper, entram numa onda de assaltos a carrinhas de valores e depois a bancos de tal forma bem feitos que ninguém parecida saber de quem se tratavam.
Opinião completa em: http://marcadordelivros.blogspot.pt/2...
Narrado entre dois espaços temporais completamente diferentes, (infância dos assaltantes e presente), vamos percebendo toda a violência que padeceram estes três miúdos, assim como a mãe destes, que na última tareia que sofreu quase que morria às mãos de um homem que abusava da bebida e da violência. Mesmo depois de fugir de casa, a pobre mãe era perseguida pelo marido que, fazendo-se acompanhar por um dos filhos, tentou incendiar a casa onde morava com o pai desta, para que morresse queimada. Tudo isto afecta as jovens crianças, que acabam por viver sempre na violência e fazem dela um modo de vida.
Habituados a defenderem-se usando a força desde muito novos (os autores descrevem muito bem como o pai os ensinou a defenderem-se de uma tentativa de bullying na escola), tudo dava a entender que Leo, Felix e Vincent não seguissem os passos do pai. No entanto, a vida dá uma volta e, juntamente com o amigo de infância de um dos irmãos, Jasper, entram numa onda de assaltos a carrinhas de valores e depois a bancos de tal forma bem feitos que ninguém parecida saber de quem se tratavam.
Opinião completa em: http://marcadordelivros.blogspot.pt/2...
October 11, 2023
“Perhaps a family was something strong, with built-in solidarity, and was therefore a place where violence became purer, more brutal - it turned inwards, against its own, against those it’s cohesion should have protected”.
The Father is an epic saga, steeped in truth, intoxicating in its retelling. Written by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg (collectively named Anton Svensson), it tells the story of the band of three brothers and one friend, who committed ten bank heists in Sweden over two years, holding the police at bay before finally being captured in an exhilarating and heart wrenching climactic chase following robbery number ten.
Stefan Thunberg, co-author, is the fourth brother who didn’t participate in the heists. From his unique and almost inside perspective he breathes life and soul into what is essentially a story about family and the ties that bind. The influence of the father, permeates this drama and ultimately underpins the brothers’ trajectory. The father is always in the background, always on the shoulder, always present. For this family violence was the language and fear was the culture. Power and abuse were weapons that were wielded freely and each of the sons grappled with this in their own way.
I couldn’t help but be in awe of the ties that bound the brothers together and in some ways incredibly envious of their relationship until it inevitably broke down. As violence took hold, the brothers became increasingly alienated from each other as the father permeated each of them in his own way.
I was reminded afresh of the power of addiction and greed. Bank robbery after bank robbery, never enough, a hunger for more, always a reason to go back for one more. Inevitably this was the downfall.
This was an amazing read. One I’ve been keen to read for a long time and I’m pleased I finally did. Looking forward to the second in the series. 5 stars.
The Father is an epic saga, steeped in truth, intoxicating in its retelling. Written by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg (collectively named Anton Svensson), it tells the story of the band of three brothers and one friend, who committed ten bank heists in Sweden over two years, holding the police at bay before finally being captured in an exhilarating and heart wrenching climactic chase following robbery number ten.
Stefan Thunberg, co-author, is the fourth brother who didn’t participate in the heists. From his unique and almost inside perspective he breathes life and soul into what is essentially a story about family and the ties that bind. The influence of the father, permeates this drama and ultimately underpins the brothers’ trajectory. The father is always in the background, always on the shoulder, always present. For this family violence was the language and fear was the culture. Power and abuse were weapons that were wielded freely and each of the sons grappled with this in their own way.
I couldn’t help but be in awe of the ties that bound the brothers together and in some ways incredibly envious of their relationship until it inevitably broke down. As violence took hold, the brothers became increasingly alienated from each other as the father permeated each of them in his own way.
I was reminded afresh of the power of addiction and greed. Bank robbery after bank robbery, never enough, a hunger for more, always a reason to go back for one more. Inevitably this was the downfall.
This was an amazing read. One I’ve been keen to read for a long time and I’m pleased I finally did. Looking forward to the second in the series. 5 stars.
March 1, 2019
Συγχαρητήρια κύριοι Roslund και Thunberg! To βιβλίο είναι ένα φιλόδοξο, όσο και παρακινδυνευμένο εγχείρημα γραφής ενός αστυνομικού μυθιστορήματος με τέτοιον τρόπο ώστε να πλησιάζει κατά το δυνατό την πραγματικότητα, τόσο σε σχέση με τα γεγονότα που απαρτίζουν την πλοκή, όσο και αναφορικά με τους χαρακτήρες. Πραγματικά οι χαρακτήρες τόσο του πατέρα, όσο και του μεγαλύτερου γιού του, Leo, είναι από τους πληρέστερους και περισσότερο ανθρώπινους που έχω συναντήσει στην μέχρι στιγμής εμπειρία μου πάνω στο συγκεκριμένο λογοτεχνικό είδος (genre). Από εκεί και πέρα, μαρτυρούμε για μια ακόμη φορά την σχολαστική έρευνα που χαρακτηρίζει όλα τα βιβλία του Anders Roslund και αφορά λεπτομέρειες σχετικά με όπλα, εκρηκτικά, αντάρτικα πόλης και γενικά με το καθετί (γνώση ή αντικείμενο) που θα μπορούσε να βρίσκεται στην κατοχή ενός σύγχρονου ληστή ή επαγγελματία δολοφόνου κ.λ.π. Σε αυτό το βιβλίο, ο Roslund δεν συνεργάζεται με τον Borge Hellstrom, με τον οποίο συν-γράφουν την σειρά με πρωταγωνιστές τους Grens και Sundkvist, αλλά με τον Stefan Thunberg, ο οποίος είναι ιδιαίτερά ενεργός στην συγγραφή τηλεοπτικών σεναριών και προσθέτει την πινελιά του στον ρεαλισμό του βιβλίου. Η ιστορία που διαβάζουμε στηρίζεται (χωρίς να ταυτίζεται) στην αληθινή οικογενειακή ιστορία των αδελφών του Thunberg, οι οποίοι διέπραξαν σωρεία παρανομιών, μεταξύ αυτών και αρκετές ληστείες. Μάλιστα, στις τελευταίες σελίδες του βιβλίου παρατίθεται μια συνέντευξη, την οποία διεξάγει ο ίδιος ο Roslund -με τον Thunberg να απαντά- κάνοντας ερωτήσεις σχετικές με την αληθινή ιστορία και την σχέση της με τα γεγονότα που περιγράφονται στο βιβλίο.
Βέβαια, και οι δύο συγγραφείς επισημαίνουν πως σε καμία περίπτωση αυτό δεν είναι ένα true crime βιβλίο, ωστόσο μέσα στην φανταστική ιστορία μπορούμε να διακρίνουμε αυτά τα αποσπάσματα που βρίσκονται σε άμεση ανταπόκριση με το πραγματικό.
Συστήνεται ανεπιφύλακτα για όλους!
Βέβαια, και οι δύο συγγραφείς επισημαίνουν πως σε καμία περίπτωση αυτό δεν είναι ένα true crime βιβλίο, ωστόσο μέσα στην φανταστική ιστορία μπορούμε να διακρίνουμε αυτά τα αποσπάσματα που βρίσκονται σε άμεση ανταπόκριση με το πραγματικό.
Συστήνεται ανεπιφύλακτα για όλους!
July 4, 2016
I'm trying to get my head around what I really thought of this one. On one level it is fascinating - the (based on a true story) story of brothers who committed violent robbery in part because their father was a violent man - written by one of the brothers! I certainly didn't find it hard to read and it kept me engaged. However there is a however! Reflecting on it it simply didn't do for me what the Harry Hole books by Jo Nesbo did for me for example. I guess the writing is quite as taught and - daft given it is based on the true story - the characters didn't really grab me that much, a couple of them were a little less believable. Good but...
February 15, 2018
Một câu chuyện có thật được kể với thủ pháp tài tình tạo nên nhịp điệu cuốn hút. Cuốn tiểu thuyết đồ sộ nhưng tôi đã ngốn ngấu liên tục không muốn đặt xuống.
February 26, 2018
Thanks to Quercus for the copy in exchange for my honest review.
I had originally requested THE SONS by Anton Svensson (releasing in early March) but then I was told that it is part two in a series and that I needed to read THE FATHER before diving in. I'm so happy that I did. This book sucked me in from the first page and held on until the end. With it being almost 600 pages I was surprised at how quickly I read this one.
This is based on the true story of the brothers and father that rocked Sweden with multiple violent bank robberies, a bomb threat, and the largest weapons theft in European history. The first chapter was crazy - the violence these boys faced as children definitely sets the tone for the duration of the story.
Leo, Felix, and Vincent are brothers and were always told that they are a clan, and a clan never turns on each other. These qualities were engraved into their minds by their violent and proud father, Ivan. The book bounces back forth between Now and Then (clearly marked as different parts). I thought this was great because after events in the present we are then brought back to their childhood and see the events that ended up molding these sons into the bank robbers they've become.
It's so hard to really describe all the events in this without ruining the reading experience. I highly recommend picking this one up. Not only is it based on true events and people, but brings the reader into the minds of these boys and their father. What breeds a criminal? We also get to see the investigation end of the story with Detective Broncks as he desperately tries to find out who these highly sophisticated bank robbers are.
After reading this book I realized that Anton Svensson is the pseudonym for Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg. Stefan is the 4th brother of the Military League - the name that the Swedish newspapers gave the criminal gang. That added an element to the novel for me that set it apart.
I give this one 5/5 stars!
I had originally requested THE SONS by Anton Svensson (releasing in early March) but then I was told that it is part two in a series and that I needed to read THE FATHER before diving in. I'm so happy that I did. This book sucked me in from the first page and held on until the end. With it being almost 600 pages I was surprised at how quickly I read this one.
This is based on the true story of the brothers and father that rocked Sweden with multiple violent bank robberies, a bomb threat, and the largest weapons theft in European history. The first chapter was crazy - the violence these boys faced as children definitely sets the tone for the duration of the story.
Leo, Felix, and Vincent are brothers and were always told that they are a clan, and a clan never turns on each other. These qualities were engraved into their minds by their violent and proud father, Ivan. The book bounces back forth between Now and Then (clearly marked as different parts). I thought this was great because after events in the present we are then brought back to their childhood and see the events that ended up molding these sons into the bank robbers they've become.
It's so hard to really describe all the events in this without ruining the reading experience. I highly recommend picking this one up. Not only is it based on true events and people, but brings the reader into the minds of these boys and their father. What breeds a criminal? We also get to see the investigation end of the story with Detective Broncks as he desperately tries to find out who these highly sophisticated bank robbers are.
After reading this book I realized that Anton Svensson is the pseudonym for Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg. Stefan is the 4th brother of the Military League - the name that the Swedish newspapers gave the criminal gang. That added an element to the novel for me that set it apart.
I give this one 5/5 stars!
March 15, 2017
Ένα πραγματικά "δύσκολο" βιβλίο...
"Ο χορός της αρκούδας" είναι ένα βιβλίο που αναφέρεται στη διασημότερη συμμορία ληστών της Σουηδίας,που κατάφερε να γίνει διαβόητη και να αφήσει το δικό της χνάρι στην ιστορία του εγκλήματος, πριν τα μέλη της συλληφθούν. Δεν είναι όμως ένα μυθιστόρημα που εμπνεύστηκαν οι συγγραφείς του. Τα γεγονότα είναι βασισμένα σε πραγματική ιστορία - πιο συγκεκριμένα,στην ιστορία της οικογένειας του συγγραφέα του Stefan Thunberg. Ο πατέρας του και τα αδέλφια του είναι οι άνθρωποι που πάνω τους στηρίζονται οι χαρακτήρες του βιβλίου.
Είναι ένα "δύσκολο" βιβλίο όχι γιατί περιέχει βία. Από άποψη βίαιων/αηδιαστικών/αιματηρών σκηνών όχι,καθόλου.Σε ό,τι αφορά αυτό,θα μπορούσαμε να το χαρακτηρίσουμε 'ανάλαφρο'. Όμως, σε ό,τι αφορά τη ψυχοσύνθεση των χαρακτήρων ο αναγνώστης δυσκολεύεται να βγάλει τελικό κι ολοκληρωμένο συμπέρασμα. Τουλάχιστον, το λέω αυτό βασιζόμενη στην προσωπική μου άποψη μετά και την τελευταία σελίδα.
Η ΒΙΑ είναι η αρχή όλων. Η ΒΙΑ είναι αυτή που στοιχειώνει το παρελθόν και των ληστών, και του αστυνομικού που έχει βάλει στόχο της ζωής του να τους πιάσει και να τους οδηγήσει ενώπιων της δικαιοσύνης. Η ΒΙΑ που έζησαν όλοι τους στα παιδικά τους χρόνια,η ΒΙΑ που βίωσαν από τους πατεράδες τους έπαιξε σημαντικότατο ρόλο στη διαμόρφωση των χαρακτήρων τους. Η ενδοοικογενειακή ΒΙΑ, κοινός παρονομαστής και στις 2 οικογένειες,επηρέασε τους χαρακτήρες των μικρών παιδιών -τότε- και ενηλίκων -σήμερα.
Η διαφορά είναι στο πώς επέλεξε ο καθένας να προσπαθήσει να ξορκίσει τους δαίμονές του. Γιατί να τους αφανίσει εντελώς απλά δεν υπάρχει περίπτωση. Ο Τζον Μπρονκς επιλέγει τον ορθό δρόμο. Γίνεται αστυνομικός και παθαίνει εμμονή με τα περιστατικά βίας -ενδοοικογενειακής και μη. Ψάχνει ξανά και ξανά το παραμικρό στοιχείο για παρόμοιες υποθέσεις,τις κουβαλάει μαζί του 24 ώρες το 24ωρο,τις αφήνει να ζουν μέσα του παρασιτικά. Ζει για τη δουλειά του, και σε κάθε βίαιο τύπο θυμάται τον δικό του πατέρα.
Τα αδέλφια Ντούβνιακ,από την άλλη,επιλέγουν την παρανομία.Επιλέγουν τις ληστείες με στόχο να πλουτίσουν,έτσι ώστε να μη χρειαστεί να εξαρτώνται από κανέναν στο μέλλον. Κι επίσης,επειδή διψάνε για τη συγκίνηση που τους προκαλεί η κάθε επιχείρηση,από το στήσιμο μέχρι και την τελική διεκπεραίωσή της. Κι επειδή μπορούν με αυτόν τον τρόπο να είναι βίαιοι,χωρίς να είναι δολοφόνοι.
Ο μεγαλύτερος αδελφός,ο Λίο,είναι η δυσκολότερη...περίπτωση του βιβλίου. Είναι μεν εκείνος που κουβαλάει τα περισσότερα τραύματα,αλλά είναι και ένας από τους πιο περίπλοκους χαρακτήρες που μπορεί να συναντήσει ο αναγνώστης. Και σίγουρα ένα μεγάλο κεφάλαιο για μένα.
Τον ΣΙΧΑΘΗΚΑ τον Λίο. Δεν του αναγνωρίζω κανένα ελαφρυντικό για το χαρακτήρα του. Προσωπικά,τον θεωρώ έναν άνθρωπο γεμάτο καθαρή κακία,μίσος,άλογο πείσμα. Έναν άνθρωπο χωρίς κανένα ιδανικό,έστω και αρνητικό. Έναν εγωϊστή,γιατί παρόλο που πάντοτε έβαζε πάνω απ' όλα τον θεσμό της οικογένειας και προστάτευε τα αδέλφια του,είναι εκείνος που πεισμώνει σαν μικρό παιδί τη σημαντικότερη στιγμή, όταν εκείνοι αποφασίζουν να τραβήξουν το δικό τους δρόμο. Είναι ένας άνθρωπος χωρίς μέτρο,που δεν μπορεί να συνειδητοποιήσει πως είναι στο χέρι του να μην κάνει τα ίδια με τον πατέρα του λάθη,πως έχει καιρό ν' αλλάξει και να ζήσει όσο πιο ήρεμα γίνεται,μαζί με αυτούς που τον αγαπάνε. Όμως όχι - από πείσμα και μόνο,οδηγείται σταθερά στην καταστροφή του και παρασέρνει μαζί του κι εκείνους που αγαπάει περισσότερο. Δεν μπόρεσα να τον δω με συμπάθεια για περισσότερες από λίγες σελίδες - τόσο στην παιδική του ηλικία, όσο και ως ενήλικα.
Γιατί,μπορεί οι καταστάσεις να τον ανάγκασαν να σκληρύνει,είχε όμως παρόλα αυτά πάντα μια διέξοδο διαφυγής. Είχε ανθρώπους στο πλευρό του που τον νοιάζονταν. Ο ίδιος όμως δεν νοιαζόταν για τίποτε άλλο,παρά για το πείσμα του. Πράγμα που τον οδήγησε τελικά στην καταστροφή. Ένας αρνητικός ήρωας,χωρίς επαρκείς δικαιολογίες για τη συμπεριφορά του,κατά την ταπεινή μου άποψη.
Όσο για τους υπόλοιπους χαρακτήρες,οπωσδήποτε έχουν ο καθένας το βάρος του,αλλά φαίνεται ξεκάθαρα πως είναι δεύτεροι. Η "μάχη" δίνεται ανάμεσα στον Λίο και τον Μπρονκς,στις παράλληλες ιστορίες τους που μοιάζουν τόσο πολύ μεταξύ τους,αλλά που τους διαμόρφωσαν σε δύο διαμετρικά αντίθετους χαρακτήρες.Κι αυτή η αντίθεση είναι που κρατά το ενδιαφέρον. Αυτή,και η πραγματικά καλοπλασμένη ιστορία.
**Περισσότερα,εδώ: Ο χορός της αρκούδας :) **
"Ο χορός της αρκούδας" είναι ένα βιβλίο που αναφέρεται στη διασημότερη συμμορία ληστών της Σουηδίας,που κατάφερε να γίνει διαβόητη και να αφήσει το δικό της χνάρι στην ιστορία του εγκλήματος, πριν τα μέλη της συλληφθούν. Δεν είναι όμως ένα μυθιστόρημα που εμπνεύστηκαν οι συγγραφείς του. Τα γεγονότα είναι βασισμένα σε πραγματική ιστορία - πιο συγκεκριμένα,στην ιστορία της οικογένειας του συγγραφέα του Stefan Thunberg. Ο πατέρας του και τα αδέλφια του είναι οι άνθρωποι που πάνω τους στηρίζονται οι χαρακτήρες του βιβλίου.
Είναι ένα "δύσκολο" βιβλίο όχι γιατί περιέχει βία. Από άποψη βίαιων/αηδιαστικών/αιματηρών σκηνών όχι,καθόλου.Σε ό,τι αφορά αυτό,θα μπορούσαμε να το χαρακτηρίσουμε 'ανάλαφρο'. Όμως, σε ό,τι αφορά τη ψυχοσύνθεση των χαρακτήρων ο αναγνώστης δυσκολεύεται να βγάλει τελικό κι ολοκληρωμένο συμπέρασμα. Τουλάχιστον, το λέω αυτό βασιζόμενη στην προσωπική μου άποψη μετά και την τελευταία σελίδα.
Η ΒΙΑ είναι η αρχή όλων. Η ΒΙΑ είναι αυτή που στοιχειώνει το παρελθόν και των ληστών, και του αστυνομικού που έχει βάλει στόχο της ζωής του να τους πιάσει και να τους οδηγήσει ενώπιων της δικαιοσύνης. Η ΒΙΑ που έζησαν όλοι τους στα παιδικά τους χρόνια,η ΒΙΑ που βίωσαν από τους πατεράδες τους έπαιξε σημαντικότατο ρόλο στη διαμόρφωση των χαρακτήρων τους. Η ενδοοικογενειακή ΒΙΑ, κοινός παρονομαστής και στις 2 οικογένειες,επηρέασε τους χαρακτήρες των μικρών παιδιών -τότε- και ενηλίκων -σήμερα.
Η διαφορά είναι στο πώς επέλεξε ο καθένας να προσπαθήσει να ξορκίσει τους δαίμονές του. Γιατί να τους αφανίσει εντελώς απλά δεν υπάρχει περίπτωση. Ο Τζον Μπρονκς επιλέγει τον ορθό δρόμο. Γίνεται αστυνομικός και παθαίνει εμμονή με τα περιστατικά βίας -ενδοοικογενειακής και μη. Ψάχνει ξανά και ξανά το παραμικρό στοιχείο για παρόμοιες υποθέσεις,τις κουβαλάει μαζί του 24 ώρες το 24ωρο,τις αφήνει να ζουν μέσα του παρασιτικά. Ζει για τη δουλειά του, και σε κάθε βίαιο τύπο θυμάται τον δικό του πατέρα.
Τα αδέλφια Ντούβνιακ,από την άλλη,επιλέγουν την παρανομία.Επιλέγουν τις ληστείες με στόχο να πλουτίσουν,έτσι ώστε να μη χρειαστεί να εξαρτώνται από κανέναν στο μέλλον. Κι επίσης,επειδή διψάνε για τη συγκίνηση που τους προκαλεί η κάθε επιχείρηση,από το στήσιμο μέχρι και την τελική διεκπεραίωσή της. Κι επειδή μπορούν με αυτόν τον τρόπο να είναι βίαιοι,χωρίς να είναι δολοφόνοι.
Ο μεγαλύτερος αδελφός,ο Λίο,είναι η δυσκολότερη...περίπτωση του βιβλίου. Είναι μεν εκείνος που κουβαλάει τα περισσότερα τραύματα,αλλά είναι και ένας από τους πιο περίπλοκους χαρακτήρες που μπορεί να συναντήσει ο αναγνώστης. Και σίγουρα ένα μεγάλο κεφάλαιο για μένα.
Τον ΣΙΧΑΘΗΚΑ τον Λίο. Δεν του αναγνωρίζω κανένα ελαφρυντικό για το χαρακτήρα του. Προσωπικά,τον θεωρώ έναν άνθρωπο γεμάτο καθαρή κακία,μίσος,άλογο πείσμα. Έναν άνθρωπο χωρίς κανένα ιδανικό,έστω και αρνητικό. Έναν εγωϊστή,γιατί παρόλο που πάντοτε έβαζε πάνω απ' όλα τον θεσμό της οικογένειας και προστάτευε τα αδέλφια του,είναι εκείνος που πεισμώνει σαν μικρό παιδί τη σημαντικότερη στιγμή, όταν εκείνοι αποφασίζουν να τραβήξουν το δικό τους δρόμο. Είναι ένας άνθρωπος χωρίς μέτρο,που δεν μπορεί να συνειδητοποιήσει πως είναι στο χέρι του να μην κάνει τα ίδια με τον πατέρα του λάθη,πως έχει καιρό ν' αλλάξει και να ζήσει όσο πιο ήρεμα γίνεται,μαζί με αυτούς που τον αγαπάνε. Όμως όχι - από πείσμα και μόνο,οδηγείται σταθερά στην καταστροφή του και παρασέρνει μαζί του κι εκείνους που αγαπάει περισσότερο. Δεν μπόρεσα να τον δω με συμπάθεια για περισσότερες από λίγες σελίδες - τόσο στην παιδική του ηλικία, όσο και ως ενήλικα.
Γιατί,μπορεί οι καταστάσεις να τον ανάγκασαν να σκληρύνει,είχε όμως παρόλα αυτά πάντα μια διέξοδο διαφυγής. Είχε ανθρώπους στο πλευρό του που τον νοιάζονταν. Ο ίδιος όμως δεν νοιαζόταν για τίποτε άλλο,παρά για το πείσμα του. Πράγμα που τον οδήγησε τελικά στην καταστροφή. Ένας αρνητικός ήρωας,χωρίς επαρκείς δικαιολογίες για τη συμπεριφορά του,κατά την ταπεινή μου άποψη.
Όσο για τους υπόλοιπους χαρακτήρες,οπωσδήποτε έχουν ο καθένας το βάρος του,αλλά φαίνεται ξεκάθαρα πως είναι δεύτεροι. Η "μάχη" δίνεται ανάμεσα στον Λίο και τον Μπρονκς,στις παράλληλες ιστορίες τους που μοιάζουν τόσο πολύ μεταξύ τους,αλλά που τους διαμόρφωσαν σε δύο διαμετρικά αντίθετους χαρακτήρες.Κι αυτή η αντίθεση είναι που κρατά το ενδιαφέρον. Αυτή,και η πραγματικά καλοπλασμένη ιστορία.
**Περισσότερα,εδώ: Ο χορός της αρκούδας :) **
August 20, 2020
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Từ đầu đọc là mình đã biết đây kiểu sách thuộc gu của mình. Điểm mình cho rằng là xuất sắc nhất trong quyển sách chính là lời thoại và trích dẫn hay, không chỉ hay một cách thường tình, nó xoáy sâu vào mình và khiến mình mãi rung động khi nhớ lại, khi lướt đọc lại những con chữ đó.
Dấu chấm ở câu này đặt hợp lí ghê, cảm giác đọc ngắt đúng điệu nó như thơ vậy.
Thoại này phải đặt trong chính hoàn cảnh của câu truyện, 4 tên cướp ngân hàng, 3 đứa là anh em, một đứa là bạn hàng xóm thưở bé, một băng cướp có vũ trang xả đạn không tiếc rẻ và được đánh giá là bạo lực thái quá, nhưng đối với em trai nhỏ, chúng vô cùng thương yêu dịu dàng, không bao giờ có một hành động bạo lực nào dù là nhỏ nhặt. Bởi vậy mình có thể hiểu được tâm trạng của viên thanh tra Broncks khi anh xem băng ghi hình và thấy tên cướp Anh lớn che chở cho nỗi sợ của đứa em trong khi vài giây sau bước vào ngân hàng nã 18 phát súng.
Hay khi lúc ông Ivan dọa vợ rằng sẽ chia đôi tất cả mọi thứ và lăm lăm cây dao đi vào phòng đứa con trai bé nhỏ đang ngủ say.
Sự tương phản giữa bạo lực thái quá và sự dịu dàng bất chợt đầy thân tình luôn ẩn đâu đó trong cuốn sách này.
Cha của Leo có thể sẽ là người cha tốt nếu ông ta không uống quá nhiều rượu, không để cái tư tưởng bộ tộc hay giải quyết vấn đề bạo lực bằng cách bạo lực hơn choán lấy tâm trí mình. Để rồi sau đó, ông biến Leo, đứa con trai cả thành bản sao của chính mình. Nhưng Leo khác Ivan ở chỗ anh không dùng bạo lực với người thân của mình, bạo lực của anh phần nào có sự kiểm soát của lý trí, nhiều lúc sẵn sàng bùng lên một cách quái đản. Một trong hai tác giả của cuốn sách này là em trai của Leo, cũng là anh trai của Felix, Vincent, anh nói rằng anh may mắn hơn Leo vì bố anh chỉ mải lo nhào nặn anh trai mà không quan tâm đến anh, vì vậy anh mới có thể rẽ sang con đường khác với những người anh em của mình. Anh không tham gia vào băng cướp, nhưng anh biết băng cướp đó gồm những ai, anh tham gia tiệc chia vui của họ, không báo cảnh sát, đó là luật của gia đình và dường như không ai phải nhắc nhau phải làm điều đó. Rằng một bộ tộc thì không được phản bội nhau.
Nhìn chung đây là cuốn sách đáng đọc, dù hơi dài một tẹo, nhưng cách chia chương quá khứ hiện tại làm cho nó có vẻ ngắn hơn nhiều. Thêm vào đó, tác giả là người trong gia đình của ba tên cướp, nên những chia sẻ về động cơ, tình cảm, tâm lí của ông đều vô cùng chân thực.
Từ đầu đọc là mình đã biết đây kiểu sách thuộc gu của mình. Điểm mình cho rằng là xuất sắc nhất trong quyển sách chính là lời thoại và trích dẫn hay, không chỉ hay một cách thường tình, nó xoáy sâu vào mình và khiến mình mãi rung động khi nhớ lại, khi lướt đọc lại những con chữ đó.
"Gia đình. Cùng nhau. Mày cố gắng. Còn thành quả là của tao."
Dấu chấm ở câu này đặt hợp lí ghê, cảm giác đọc ngắt đúng điệu nó như thơ vậy.
"Khi anh nói chuyện với em trai tôi thì không được la hét hay đá nó. Hiểu chưa?"
Thoại này phải đặt trong chính hoàn cảnh của câu truyện, 4 tên cướp ngân hàng, 3 đứa là anh em, một đứa là bạn hàng xóm thưở bé, một băng cướp có vũ trang xả đạn không tiếc rẻ và được đánh giá là bạo lực thái quá, nhưng đối với em trai nhỏ, chúng vô cùng thương yêu dịu dàng, không bao giờ có một hành động bạo lực nào dù là nhỏ nhặt. Bởi vậy mình có thể hiểu được tâm trạng của viên thanh tra Broncks khi anh xem băng ghi hình và thấy tên cướp Anh lớn che chở cho nỗi sợ của đứa em trong khi vài giây sau bước vào ngân hàng nã 18 phát súng.
Hay khi lúc ông Ivan dọa vợ rằng sẽ chia đôi tất cả mọi thứ và lăm lăm cây dao đi vào phòng đứa con trai bé nhỏ đang ngủ say.
"Tại sao anh lại phải nói thầm vậy Ivan?"
"Anh đang nói thầm vì không muốn làm nó thức giấc. Nếu anh muốn chặt nó làm đôi, anh sẽ không thì thầm như thế đâu."
Sự tương phản giữa bạo lực thái quá và sự dịu dàng bất chợt đầy thân tình luôn ẩn đâu đó trong cuốn sách này.
Cha của Leo có thể sẽ là người cha tốt nếu ông ta không uống quá nhiều rượu, không để cái tư tưởng bộ tộc hay giải quyết vấn đề bạo lực bằng cách bạo lực hơn choán lấy tâm trí mình. Để rồi sau đó, ông biến Leo, đứa con trai cả thành bản sao của chính mình. Nhưng Leo khác Ivan ở chỗ anh không dùng bạo lực với người thân của mình, bạo lực của anh phần nào có sự kiểm soát của lý trí, nhiều lúc sẵn sàng bùng lên một cách quái đản. Một trong hai tác giả của cuốn sách này là em trai của Leo, cũng là anh trai của Felix, Vincent, anh nói rằng anh may mắn hơn Leo vì bố anh chỉ mải lo nhào nặn anh trai mà không quan tâm đến anh, vì vậy anh mới có thể rẽ sang con đường khác với những người anh em của mình. Anh không tham gia vào băng cướp, nhưng anh biết băng cướp đó gồm những ai, anh tham gia tiệc chia vui của họ, không báo cảnh sát, đó là luật của gia đình và dường như không ai phải nhắc nhau phải làm điều đó. Rằng một bộ tộc thì không được phản bội nhau.
Nhìn chung đây là cuốn sách đáng đọc, dù hơi dài một tẹo, nhưng cách chia chương quá khứ hiện tại làm cho nó có vẻ ngắn hơn nhiều. Thêm vào đó, tác giả là người trong gia đình của ba tên cướp, nên những chia sẻ về động cơ, tình cảm, tâm lí của ông đều vô cùng chân thực.
February 28, 2021
"Gia đình là một thứ gì đó mạnh mẽ, với sự gắn bó cố hữu. Và vì thế ở đó bạo lực trở nên rõ ràng hơn, dã man hơn - nó được dồn nén vào trong, tự chống lại mình, chống lại những gì mà sự gắn bó kia lẽ ra phải bảo vệ"
"Một tên cướp ngân hàng không chỉ cướp tiền khỏi két,hắn cướp đi thứ mà ta vẫn thường coi là hiển nhiên, hắn cướp đi cảm giác an toàn của ta, và đó mới là tội ác thực sự mà một ngày nào đó hắn phải bị đưa ra xét xử, tội danh Cướp có vũ trang nên được thay bằng Đánh cắp sự an toàn."
Cuốn này siêu dày nên ngốn mình cũng kha khá thời gian!
Mặc dù dày thật nhưng tình tiết lại rất bánh cuốn chứ không dài dòng, mình đọc chậm do bị ngưng nhiều để làm việc khác chứ không phải do nó chán. Chứ đã cẩm lên đọc là cứ bị lôi vô câu chuyện đọc không dứt ra được á chứ!
Tựa đề nói lên tất cả, câu chuyện xoay quanh băng cướp "không biết từ đâu xuất hiện" làm náo loạn đất nước Thụy Điển trong vòng 1 năm trời, bắt đầu từ vụ trộm kho vũ khí quân sự được canh gác cẩn mật tới 9 vụ cướp ngân hàng khủng, 1 vụ cướp xe chở tiền, và 1 vụ đặt bom tại Nhà ga trung tâm. Nhưng nổi bật và xuyên suốt cả câu chuyện mà mình thấy làm bật lên độ hay của cuốn sách chính là Tình cảm gia đình. Băng cướp tuy tàn bạo nhưng tình cảm anh em, gia đình đoàn kết giữa họ chính là mắt xích quan trọng nhất làm nên độ khủng bố của băng nhóm này. Y như ông bố Ivan đã nói :
"Trong một bộ tộc thực sự, chúng ta luôn bảo vệ lẫn nhau. Nếu không...chúng ta sẽ đánh mất nhau"
Cuốn sách này nếu ai đã đọc qua thì mình tin chắc nó đều đem đến cho bản thân những cảm xúc rất phức tạp, vừa không đồng tình vì độ bạo lực của nhóm, lại vừa cảm thấy thương và ngưỡng mộ tình cảm gia đình giữa các thành viên, cuối cùng là thấy xót xa cho kết cục của cả băng.
Lúc mới đọc thấy nhóm siêu ngầu lòi y như Money Heist vậy á, và trong đầu tui dàn cast đây: Anh lớn là Professor, Anneli là mụ Tokyo, Em út là Rio, Felix là Denver, Jasper là Palermo :v á hi, ông bố chưa nghĩa ra =)))
Một điều khá bất ngờ nữa là cuốn này do 2 tác giả cùng viết, thì câu chuyện này dựa trên những sự kiện có thật, dựa trên băng cướp đã gây sóng gió tại đất nước Thụy Điển yên bình những năm 90, và băng này chính là anh em ruột của tác giả Thunberg cơ!!
Hay! RTC. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
January 11, 2025
Nu är boken bara baserad på en verklig händelse. Men blir irriterande när de ändrar på såna detaljer som hur ett samhälle ser ut. Och vad det var för banker/postkontor de rånade.
Lite lång, inte tjatig men tog tid att ta mig igenom.
Om beskrivningar av planering och genomförande stämmer var de ruggit slipade.
Intressanta beskrivningar av familjedynamik och ensamhet.
Lite lång, inte tjatig men tog tid att ta mig igenom.
Om beskrivningar av planering och genomförande stämmer var de ruggit slipade.
Intressanta beskrivningar av familjedynamik och ensamhet.
November 4, 2022
İsveç Çetesi oturumu açılıyor!!
Ezici çoğunluğun ortak tripleri şu şekilde: Dost Körpe çevirisi ve göz korkutucu/azımsanmayacak sayfa sayısı; karakterlerle bağ kuramama buna bi’ de okurların düşüncelerini ne kadar kaale aldığınıza göre değişir ancak ‘meh’ bir final ekleyelim.
Yalan yok, özellikle bu kitap ve çevirmen tribinde başı ben çekiyordum. Kitabı okumayı yıllardır erteleme nedenim falandı kendisi fakat gözümde büyütmüşüm. #facts #özrdlrm :sob:
Muhteşem değil elbette ama irdelemeye gerek falan yok. Temiz ve akıcı bir çeviri ki kitabın +700 sayfa olduğunu göz önünde bulundurduğumuzda çok önemli bir detay bu. Okuru assssla üzmüyor ve yormuyor. Bundan iyisi? Durun şimdi zaten ortalık karışık skdmks.
Sonra neydi? Heh şu ‘meh’ mevzusu. Bence de dermişim dkdmksŞAKA. Kınamaya açık zira devam kitabı olduğu gerçeği finalin ‘meh’ tezini çöpe atıyor ki ben yeterli buldum. Evet daha etkileyici olabilirdi ama o zaman ikinci kitap fikrinin ne anlamı mı kalırdı? Kalmazdı. Çünkü ikinci kitabı okumak zorunda mıyız? Meh, yeterli ve etkileyici arasındaki sekiz farkı başka zaman tartışırız.
Başka ne vardı? Ah! Kitap üç erkek kardeş, bir çocukluk arkadaş, bir kız arkadaş ve bir baba ile ilgili. Tabii bi’ de dedektif var. Beni en çok şaşırtan bu karakterlerle bağ kuramadım one star holly shit yorumları oldu. N’aptınız reyisim uyuya mı kaldınız kitabı okurken? Bu kadar kalın bir kitabın mizacına bile ters değil mi dediğiniz dkmfkdk??
Üç erkek kardeş gözümüzün önünde bizimle büyüyor. Neredeyse seslerini duyacağınız kadar canlı zihninizde karakterler. Hatta kitabı kılan güzel şey bu: Belki +700 sayfa bir polisiye için gerçekten fazla fakat suç kurgusunun etrafında muhteşem bir contemporary harmanı okuduğumuz. Mesela bu kitapta yakaladığımız frekansın daha azını, pek çok Çağdaş romanda mumla arıyoruz diyebilirim, başım ağrımaz. Bu nedenle anlam veremediğim tek trip bu bağ kuramadım yorumları oldu. O BAĞ KURULDU GÜZEL KARDEŞİM!! 🤌🏼 CULTURE!! 🤌🏼
Genele bakınca eksiler artılar eşit görünüyor. Hep derim ya zamanı gelince okurunu seçen kitaplar vardır diye? Bence İsveç Çetesi onlardan biri. 2016 yılından beri ha aldım alacağım, çevirisi bilmem nesi, bunca sayfa ne anlattın değer değmeziyle bugüne kadar geldik sonra benim kabak gibi 5 yıldızım, ikinci kitaba fıtı fıtı pdf’ten devam ederken ekrana yansımam falan. Bunun başka açıklaması olamaz.
O yüzden salın derim. Zamanı geldiğinde o periler bir şekilde gelir. Belki bu yorumla, kim bilir?
YORUMA DAHİL OLMAMASI GEREKEN AŞIRI HEYECANLI SEYİRCİ ŞEYSİ: Yalnız ne serüvendi benimki beeee püff!! Yıllar- hatta tam olarak 6 yazıyla altı yıl boyunca, yatıp kalkıp İsveç Çetesi Allah İsveç Çetesi diye başını şişirdiğim tüm aile bireylerim ve yakınlarıma buradan seslenmek istiyorum: Gördünüz mü başardım! (Hunharca el sallar) N’olmuş yani 6 yıl kadar sövmüşsem, Dost Körpe travması yüklemişsem size sjfkdkdköd (şrfsz kötü karakter gülüşü)
Bizzat Dost Körpe unutmuştur valla bu projesini. Bunca yıldır adamın kulaklarını çınlatırken adam şok skdmskld meğerse sebep benmişim dkddlmd.
YORUMA DAHİL OLMASI GEREKEN SONUÇ ŞEYSİ: Oturum kapandı.
Ezici çoğunluğun ortak tripleri şu şekilde: Dost Körpe çevirisi ve göz korkutucu/azımsanmayacak sayfa sayısı; karakterlerle bağ kuramama buna bi’ de okurların düşüncelerini ne kadar kaale aldığınıza göre değişir ancak ‘meh’ bir final ekleyelim.
Yalan yok, özellikle bu kitap ve çevirmen tribinde başı ben çekiyordum. Kitabı okumayı yıllardır erteleme nedenim falandı kendisi fakat gözümde büyütmüşüm. #facts #özrdlrm :sob:
Muhteşem değil elbette ama irdelemeye gerek falan yok. Temiz ve akıcı bir çeviri ki kitabın +700 sayfa olduğunu göz önünde bulundurduğumuzda çok önemli bir detay bu. Okuru assssla üzmüyor ve yormuyor. Bundan iyisi? Durun şimdi zaten ortalık karışık skdmks.
Sonra neydi? Heh şu ‘meh’ mevzusu. Bence de dermişim dkdmksŞAKA. Kınamaya açık zira devam kitabı olduğu gerçeği finalin ‘meh’ tezini çöpe atıyor ki ben yeterli buldum. Evet daha etkileyici olabilirdi ama o zaman ikinci kitap fikrinin ne anlamı mı kalırdı? Kalmazdı. Çünkü ikinci kitabı okumak zorunda mıyız? Meh, yeterli ve etkileyici arasındaki sekiz farkı başka zaman tartışırız.
Başka ne vardı? Ah! Kitap üç erkek kardeş, bir çocukluk arkadaş, bir kız arkadaş ve bir baba ile ilgili. Tabii bi’ de dedektif var. Beni en çok şaşırtan bu karakterlerle bağ kuramadım one star holly shit yorumları oldu. N’aptınız reyisim uyuya mı kaldınız kitabı okurken? Bu kadar kalın bir kitabın mizacına bile ters değil mi dediğiniz dkmfkdk??
Üç erkek kardeş gözümüzün önünde bizimle büyüyor. Neredeyse seslerini duyacağınız kadar canlı zihninizde karakterler. Hatta kitabı kılan güzel şey bu: Belki +700 sayfa bir polisiye için gerçekten fazla fakat suç kurgusunun etrafında muhteşem bir contemporary harmanı okuduğumuz. Mesela bu kitapta yakaladığımız frekansın daha azını, pek çok Çağdaş romanda mumla arıyoruz diyebilirim, başım ağrımaz. Bu nedenle anlam veremediğim tek trip bu bağ kuramadım yorumları oldu. O BAĞ KURULDU GÜZEL KARDEŞİM!! 🤌🏼 CULTURE!! 🤌🏼
Genele bakınca eksiler artılar eşit görünüyor. Hep derim ya zamanı gelince okurunu seçen kitaplar vardır diye? Bence İsveç Çetesi onlardan biri. 2016 yılından beri ha aldım alacağım, çevirisi bilmem nesi, bunca sayfa ne anlattın değer değmeziyle bugüne kadar geldik sonra benim kabak gibi 5 yıldızım, ikinci kitaba fıtı fıtı pdf’ten devam ederken ekrana yansımam falan. Bunun başka açıklaması olamaz.
O yüzden salın derim. Zamanı geldiğinde o periler bir şekilde gelir. Belki bu yorumla, kim bilir?
YORUMA DAHİL OLMAMASI GEREKEN AŞIRI HEYECANLI SEYİRCİ ŞEYSİ: Yalnız ne serüvendi benimki beeee püff!! Yıllar- hatta tam olarak 6 yazıyla altı yıl boyunca, yatıp kalkıp İsveç Çetesi Allah İsveç Çetesi diye başını şişirdiğim tüm aile bireylerim ve yakınlarıma buradan seslenmek istiyorum: Gördünüz mü başardım! (Hunharca el sallar) N’olmuş yani 6 yıl kadar sövmüşsem, Dost Körpe travması yüklemişsem size sjfkdkdköd (şrfsz kötü karakter gülüşü)
Bizzat Dost Körpe unutmuştur valla bu projesini. Bunca yıldır adamın kulaklarını çınlatırken adam şok skdmskld meğerse sebep benmişim dkddlmd.
YORUMA DAHİL OLMASI GEREKEN SONUÇ ŞEYSİ: Oturum kapandı.
February 20, 2017
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Um livro muito bem escrito, com uma história que nos prende. Se por um lado queremos saber mais sobre como vão terminar os assaltos, por outros queremos saber as razões que levam os irmãos a ser como são. A reagir como reagem. A decidir viver a vida daquela forma quando tinham jurado que iriam ser pessoas exemplares e corretas.
Um livro que me surpreendeu e que recomendo.
Opinião em http://blocodedevaneios.blogspot.pt/2...
Um livro muito bem escrito, com uma história que nos prende. Se por um lado queremos saber mais sobre como vão terminar os assaltos, por outros queremos saber as razões que levam os irmãos a ser como são. A reagir como reagem. A decidir viver a vida daquela forma quando tinham jurado que iriam ser pessoas exemplares e corretas.
Um livro que me surpreendeu e que recomendo.
Opinião em http://blocodedevaneios.blogspot.pt/2...
January 6, 2015
"Made in Sweden" lag in 2014 op 6 december in mijn schoentje, 729 pagina's leesplezier gekregen van de Sint. Van de hand van bekende misdaadauteurs, een waargebeurd verhaal over bankovervallen in Zweden. Als thriller-fan en Zweden-lover beet dit boek bij al lang in de billen, ik moest en zou het lezen. Tegelijkertijd vroeg ik me af hoe je bankovervallen 729 pagina's lang spannend houdt. ik ben namelijk een lezer die moet geëntertaind worden, een lezer die lange beschrijvende saaie stukken durft overslaan tot er iets gebeurt wat boeiend of interessant is, zeker in een thriller. Nu weet ik hoe je dat doet. Je neemt twee top auteurs en een subliem verhaal, sterk uitgewerkte personnages met hun eigen karakter, knap uitgekiende overvalplannen en onverwachte wendingen. Daar voeg je nog een tijdsdynamiek aan toe waarbij je de hele tijd switcht tussen het heden en het verleden, waarbij je het aan de lezer laat om de parallellen tussen beide situaties te trekken. En net als elke goede thriller heeft ook deze zijn eigen politieman; wat harry Hole is voor Jo Nesbo is John Broncks in dit verhaal. Niet zomaar een politie-agent overigens, maar ook eentje met parallellen met de criminelen in kwestie. Dat, beste mensen, is het recept voor een ijzersterk boek dat leest als een trein. Dat ik een aantal plaatsen uit het boek zelf al bezocht heb, maakt het net dat tikkeltje realistischer nog. Ontzettend van genoten. 720 pagina's op 6 dagen tijd. Dat zegt genoeg. BRILJANT!
March 12, 2018
Odlična knjiga koja detaljno opisuje kako nasilje u obitelji rezultira disfunkcionalnom djecom, odnosno mladim ljudima neprilagođenim i nesposobnim za doprinos društvu. Tim više što je knjiga bazirana na istinitom događaju, pošto su braća jednog od autora (M.Thunberg) bili članovi najozloglašenije bande pljačkaša u Švedskoj. I naravno, oni imaju balkanske korijene, po ocu se prezivaju Duvnjak. Detaljno prikazan odnos između trojice braće odrasle uz nasilnog i agresivnog oca.
Ovo mi je nakon dugo dugo vremena prva "debeljuca", knjiga od 656 str. koju sam ipak malo previše razvukla, ali radnju sam unatoč tome uspješno pratila i dosta razmišljala o njoj. Zanima me nastavak priče o braći Duvnjak, pa ću nastavak svakako potražiti. Solidna četvorka i preporuke za čitanje od mene!
Ovo mi je nakon dugo dugo vremena prva "debeljuca", knjiga od 656 str. koju sam ipak malo previše razvukla, ali radnju sam unatoč tome uspješno pratila i dosta razmišljala o njoj. Zanima me nastavak priče o braći Duvnjak, pa ću nastavak svakako potražiti. Solidna četvorka i preporuke za čitanje od mene!
April 13, 2020
Mình hoàn toàn có thể hiểu được "ý đồ" của anh thanh tra dở người trong câu chuyện này. Đó là bởi anh ta hoàn toàn không có nhu cầu phải tìm hiểu mọi thứ để phục vụ cho việc điều tra, mà tất cả chỉ vì cái mong muốn được thấu hiểu tâm lý của bọn cướp. Đó là lý do mà cuối cùng, anh ta vào phòng giam cũng chỉ là để được nhìn thấy gương mặt thực sự của Anh Lớn - người mà anh ta vô cùng khát khao muốn được thấu hiểu động cơ của mọi hành động. Cái khoảnh khắc anh ta xem lại camera và phát hiện ra "chúng là anh em", quả thực khiến mình rất xúc động đậy. ^^
February 3, 2017
Um livro baseado em factos reais e escrito por um dos irmãos dos assaltantes. Este género de livro não costuma ser o que mais gosto mas devo dizer que adorei. Embora soubesse como terminava estive sempre empolgada em saber como as discórdias do passado se iriam ou não resolver. Quando muito novos há situações que nos ficam gravados na memória para sempre e podem mesmo nos moldar o carácter. Um livro a ler sem dúvida
December 7, 2015
MADE IN SWEDEN PART 1 THE FATHER
Boldly Violent Tale Based on Truth, 17 Aug. 2015
This is a violent but brilliantly-written novel based on true events, where the meaning of family is pushed to its limits—and then beyond.
For brothers Leo, Felix and Vincent Duvnjac, family life is one of violence. Their father Ivan solves problems with his fists and encourages his sons to do likewise. When the violence turns to marital abuse and deliberate arson, Leo leads his two brothers away to start a life on their own. Unfortunately, this life merely mirrors the violence that Leo has imbibed during his time at home.
So begins what, to me, is a very violent novel, where the sins of the father are replicated in the sons. They embark upon a series of armed bank robberies, following the theft of a huge arsenal of weapons. Thus the violence they witnessed in their home lives is reproduced in their robberies. Whilst no one is actually killed, the level of threat is very high and people are mentally if not physically injured.
Investigating what, for Sweden, is the most violent series of bank robberies ever, is John Broncks of the City Police. He also is the product of a violent home life, and whose own brother is in jail for having stabbed his abusive father to death. Thus we see violence as the centre piece of this novel, from both sides of the law.
The novel is almost mesmeric in its fascination with violence, but I must confess that I did enjoy the writing. The characters are big, bold and convincing and I ended up feeling in some ways sorry for the Duvnjac boys. The novel switches time-frames easily and this seems to enhance its overall tightness, with the switches from ‘THEN’ to ‘NOW’ reinforcing the boys’ violent childhood.
Anton Svensson is a pseudonym for Stefan Thunberg and Anders Roslund. The former is one of Scandinavia’s foremost screenwriters, whose works include Henning Mankell’s Wallender series, and the latter is an award-winning investigative journalist. This novel is based on true events that happened to Thunberg when his father and two brothers commenced their series of criminal activities. – Sméagol
Best Selling Crime Thrillers were given an advanced copy of the book to review
Boldly Violent Tale Based on Truth, 17 Aug. 2015
This is a violent but brilliantly-written novel based on true events, where the meaning of family is pushed to its limits—and then beyond.
For brothers Leo, Felix and Vincent Duvnjac, family life is one of violence. Their father Ivan solves problems with his fists and encourages his sons to do likewise. When the violence turns to marital abuse and deliberate arson, Leo leads his two brothers away to start a life on their own. Unfortunately, this life merely mirrors the violence that Leo has imbibed during his time at home.
So begins what, to me, is a very violent novel, where the sins of the father are replicated in the sons. They embark upon a series of armed bank robberies, following the theft of a huge arsenal of weapons. Thus the violence they witnessed in their home lives is reproduced in their robberies. Whilst no one is actually killed, the level of threat is very high and people are mentally if not physically injured.
Investigating what, for Sweden, is the most violent series of bank robberies ever, is John Broncks of the City Police. He also is the product of a violent home life, and whose own brother is in jail for having stabbed his abusive father to death. Thus we see violence as the centre piece of this novel, from both sides of the law.
The novel is almost mesmeric in its fascination with violence, but I must confess that I did enjoy the writing. The characters are big, bold and convincing and I ended up feeling in some ways sorry for the Duvnjac boys. The novel switches time-frames easily and this seems to enhance its overall tightness, with the switches from ‘THEN’ to ‘NOW’ reinforcing the boys’ violent childhood.
Anton Svensson is a pseudonym for Stefan Thunberg and Anders Roslund. The former is one of Scandinavia’s foremost screenwriters, whose works include Henning Mankell’s Wallender series, and the latter is an award-winning investigative journalist. This novel is based on true events that happened to Thunberg when his father and two brothers commenced their series of criminal activities. – Sméagol
Best Selling Crime Thrillers were given an advanced copy of the book to review
January 7, 2016
Made in Sweden, v originály Bjorndansen (Medvedí tanec), je dokonalým príkladom toho, aká silná dokáže byť súrodenecká láska. Nie len na oko, ale skutočne a hlavne vo vnútri každého z nich. Niektorí čitatelia po takej možno túžia, iní by ňou boli doslova zahltení. Hlavným hrdinom tohto príbehu však prerástla cez hlavu. Avšak aký vzorec vidí dieťa v detstve, taký má tendenciu opakovať v dospelosti, i keď podvedome. A to je príklad Lea, Felixa a Vincenta.
Roslund a Thunberg napísali naozaj rozsiahly príbeh, ktorý sa ale číta veľmi ľahko. Páči sa mi, že je väčšina príbehu venovaná predovšetkým príbehu troch bratov a nie vyšetrovateľom, ktorí majú ich zločinecké výčiny odhaliť a potrestať. Môžeme sa čudovať nad slepou oddanosťou niektorých postáv, nad ich naivitou či bezhlavou obetavosťou. Ale to je príbeh bratov, ktorý sú naučený nepodrážať si kolená a držať spolu nech sa deje čokoľvek.
Roslund a Thunberg napísali naozaj rozsiahly príbeh, ktorý sa ale číta veľmi ľahko. Páči sa mi, že je väčšina príbehu venovaná predovšetkým príbehu troch bratov a nie vyšetrovateľom, ktorí majú ich zločinecké výčiny odhaliť a potrestať. Môžeme sa čudovať nad slepou oddanosťou niektorých postáv, nad ich naivitou či bezhlavou obetavosťou. Ale to je príbeh bratov, ktorý sú naučený nepodrážať si kolená a držať spolu nech sa deje čokoľvek.
March 17, 2020
Không ngại ngần đánh giá thấp quyển này một chút nào. Dài dòng lê thê đến nỗi không chỉ nột lần mình hoài nghi đây là một quyển tiểu thuyết tâm lý xã hội thay vì là thể loại hành động trinh thám. Nhân vật đáng chê nhất là anh thanh tra có trục trặc về gia đình. Một điển hình của người thất bại trong mọi việc. Việc duy nhất cuối cùng đúng đắn anh làm được là mượn được đội đặc nhiệm. Tất cả mọi vụ cướp không lần nào anh moi được tung tích hay bằng chứng, anh chỉ như một chú chó theo đuôi cho đến vụ cuối cùng băng cướp tự lộ ra sơ hở rồi tự xử lý không thoả đáng, anh chỉ cần đưa đặc nhiệm tới hốt hihi.
October 14, 2017
This book was ok but that's its problem.It was just ok.It didn't go the way I was expecting.I am not even sure why I did not enjoy it more.I liked the writing but I did not like the things the author chose to focus on.I would prefer more scenes from the past because honestly they felt disconnected with the now scenes.Nothind made me understand or justify their actions especially Leo's.I was even annoyed at some point with him as I felt he was just deliberately trying to get caught.Still this gets a 3 star rating as the writing was that good.
September 23, 2016
Όταν σε ένα λογοτεχνικό -ή και κινηματογραφικό ακόμα- έργο βλέπουμε την ταμπέλα "βασίζεται σε αληθινά γεγονότα", δύο είναι τα πράγματα που συντελούνται μέσα μας και το ένα σχετίζεται με τη λογική μας ενώ το άλλο με το συναίσθημά μας. Το πρώτο ενισχύει λίγο περισσότερο το κακό κομμάτι του εαυτού μας, αφού στην εποχή μου το marketing μπορεί και κάνει θαύματα ακόμα κι εκεί που δεν θα έπρεπε να υπάρχει ούτε ίχνος τους, και μια ταμπέλα σαν την παραπάνω πολλές φορές χρησιμοποιείται απλά και μόνο για να κεντρίσει περισσότερο το ενδιαφέρον του κοινού, με το αποτέλεσμα μόνο ρεαλιστικό να μην είναι. Το δεύτερο πάλι, αγγίζει το συναίσθημά τους, αφού γνωρίζοντας πως μια ιστορία είναι έστω κι εν μέρει αληθινή, πρέπει να την προσεγγίσουμε με μεγαλύτερη ευαισθησία, ενώ μας αναγκάζει να παρακολουθήσουμε την δράση της πιο προσηλωμένα και με μεγαλύτερη ευλάβεια. Το "Made in Sweden: Ο χορός της αρκούδας" -ευτυχώς- δεν ανήκει στις περιπτώσεις εκείνες που επιχείρησαν να προκαλέσουν φτηνό εντυπωσιασμό, αλλά είναι πραγματικά ένα κομψοτέχνημα.
Όπως αναφέρει και το οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου, μέσα στις σελίδες του βασίζεται στη δράση της διαβόητης συμμορίας με όνομα "Στρατιωτική Ομάδα", που έδρασε στη Σουηδία πραγματοποιώντας μια σειρά, σχεδόν επικών θα έλεγε κανείς, ληστειών τραπεζών. Οι συγγραφείς του βιβλίου, Anders Roslund και Stefan Thunberg, παντρεύοντας το αληθινό με το μυθικοπλαστικό, δημιούργησαν λοιπόν μία δική τους ιστορία, που αν και βασίζεται σε πραγματικά γεγονότα, χτίζει σε έναν βαθμό τον δικό της μύθο γύρω από την ίδια την Ιστορία, δίνοντας άλλη διάσταση στην αφήγηση των όλων γεγονότων. Ο δεύτερος, μάλιστα, βρίσκεται στην ιστορία αυτή πιο κοντά απ' όσο θα περίμενε κανείς, αφού η οικογένειά του είχε στενές σχέση με τα μέλη της προαναφερόμενης συμμορίας, ειδικά ο πατέρας του και τ' αδέρφια του. Μπορεί βέβαια το γεγονός αυτό να μην τον καθιστά απόλυτα αντικειμενικό ως προς την όψη των γεγονότων στο σύνολό τους, αλλά προσδίδει μια πινελιά συναισθήματος που ίσως και να ήταν απαραίτητη σε μια αφήγηση σαν κι αυτή.
Και μπορεί ο κορμός της λογοτεχνικής αυτής ιστορίας να δημιουργήθηκε με πληροφορίες εκ των έσω, όμως το συγγραφικό δίδυμο έχει κάνει και τεράστια έρευνα πάνω σε αυτήν, πράγμα που αντιλαμβάνεται κανείς από τις πληροφορίες που απορρέουν διαβάζοντας το κείμενο. Πληροφορίες που όχι μόνο είναι εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρουσες, αλλά που την ίδια στιγμή τον βυθίζουν όλο και περισσότερο στη δίνη των γεγονότων. Γεγονότων που συνδέονται άμεσα με τη βία όσο και με την τρυφερότητα, δύο έννοιες τόσο αντίθετες όσο η μέρα με τη νύχτα. Έννοιες που συγκρούονται σε μια ατέρμονη μάχη κυριαρχίας, όπως είναι και η μάχη ανάμεσα στο καλό και στο κακό. Η βία φέρνει βία, λέει ο λαός, και ίσως να μην έχει άδικο. Γιατί τ' αδέρφια της συμμορίας αυτής, αν και προσπάθησαν να προστατευτούν από τη μητέρα τους, υπέκυψαν στα βίαια ένστικτα που καλλιέργησε ο εξίσου βίαιος πατέρας τους.
Η αφήγηση μοιράζεται ανάμεσα σε δύο χρόνους, το παρελθόν και το παρόν. Το παρελθόν αφορά τα παιδικά χρόνια των δραστών, και την οικογενειακή τους ζωή που καλλιέργησε τους μελλοντικούς, ενήλικους εαυτούς τους. Το παρόν αφορά την περίοδο της δράσης τους, που θα μπορούσε να χαρακτηριστεί και ως θριαμβευτική. Και όσο διαβάζεις, δεν μπορείς να μην σκεφτείς πως πέρα από μια εγκληματική ιστορία, το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο αποτελεί και μια κοινωνιολογική και ψυχογραφική ανάλυση. Μπορεί η "Στρατιωτική Ομάδα" ν' αποτελείται από μέλη θύτες, όμως στην πραγματικότητα έχουν υπάρξει και οι ίδιοι θύματα της δικής τους ζωής. Άραγε, μπορούμε απλά να τους κατακρίνουμε για τις πράξεις τους, ή μήπως, κάπου στο βάθος του ασυνείδητού μας, μπορούμε να τους αιτιολογήσουμε, αφού υπήρξε πρόσφορο έδαφος ώστε να μεταμορφωθούν σε κάτι που υπό άλλες συνθήκες δεν θα γινόντουσαν;
Το "Made in Sweden: Ο χορός της αρκούδας" είναι ένα βιβλίο που μιλάει για τη βία και το πως αυτή γεννάται και καλλιεργείται. Μπορεί να μην είναι κάτι που επικροτούμε, είναι όμως κάτι που ορισμένες φορές καλούμαστε να κατανοήσουμε. Όχι απαραίτητα να το δικαιολογήσουμε, αλλά να το καταλάβουμε. Ένα βιβλίο εξαιρετικά καλογραμμένο, με έντονη δράση, γρήγορη αφήγηση γεμάτη νεύρο, που σε καθηλώνει και σε παρασέρνει σε έναν κόσμο που μπορεί να είναι ολότελα διαφορετικός από τον δικό σου και όμως, μέσα στον οποίο μπορείς να βρεις στοιχεία που αναγνωρίζεις, έστω κι αν δεν είσαι σε θέση να ταυτιστείς μαζί τους. Μια ιστορία που αναμφίβολα αξίζει να διαβαστεί, όχι μόνο σε ένα πρώτο επίπεδο, αλλά και σε ένα δεύτερο, βαθύτερο, αναλύοντας τα γεγονότα που μαρτυρούν όχι μόνο την πορεία του ανθρώπου, αλλά και μιας ολόκληρης χώρας.
Όπως αναφέρει και το οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου, μέσα στις σελίδες του βασίζεται στη δράση της διαβόητης συμμορίας με όνομα "Στρατιωτική Ομάδα", που έδρασε στη Σουηδία πραγματοποιώντας μια σειρά, σχεδόν επικών θα έλεγε κανείς, ληστειών τραπεζών. Οι συγγραφείς του βιβλίου, Anders Roslund και Stefan Thunberg, παντρεύοντας το αληθινό με το μυθικοπλαστικό, δημιούργησαν λοιπόν μία δική τους ιστορία, που αν και βασίζεται σε πραγματικά γεγονότα, χτίζει σε έναν βαθμό τον δικό της μύθο γύρω από την ίδια την Ιστορία, δίνοντας άλλη διάσταση στην αφήγηση των όλων γεγονότων. Ο δεύτερος, μάλιστα, βρίσκεται στην ιστορία αυτή πιο κοντά απ' όσο θα περίμενε κανείς, αφού η οικογένειά του είχε στενές σχέση με τα μέλη της προαναφερόμενης συμμορίας, ειδικά ο πατέρας του και τ' αδέρφια του. Μπορεί βέβαια το γεγονός αυτό να μην τον καθιστά απόλυτα αντικειμενικό ως προς την όψη των γεγονότων στο σύνολό τους, αλλά προσδίδει μια πινελιά συναισθήματος που ίσως και να ήταν απαραίτητη σε μια αφήγηση σαν κι αυτή.
Και μπορεί ο κορμός της λογοτεχνικής αυτής ιστορίας να δημιουργήθηκε με πληροφορίες εκ των έσω, όμως το συγγραφικό δίδυμο έχει κάνει και τεράστια έρευνα πάνω σε αυτήν, πράγμα που αντιλαμβάνεται κανείς από τις πληροφορίες που απορρέουν διαβάζοντας το κείμενο. Πληροφορίες που όχι μόνο είναι εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρουσες, αλλά που την ίδια στιγμή τον βυθίζουν όλο και περισσότερο στη δίνη των γεγονότων. Γεγονότων που συνδέονται άμεσα με τη βία όσο και με την τρυφερότητα, δύο έννοιες τόσο αντίθετες όσο η μέρα με τη νύχτα. Έννοιες που συγκρούονται σε μια ατέρμονη μάχη κυριαρχίας, όπως είναι και η μάχη ανάμεσα στο καλό και στο κακό. Η βία φέρνει βία, λέει ο λαός, και ίσως να μην έχει άδικο. Γιατί τ' αδέρφια της συμμορίας αυτής, αν και προσπάθησαν να προστατευτούν από τη μητέρα τους, υπέκυψαν στα βίαια ένστικτα που καλλιέργησε ο εξίσου βίαιος πατέρας τους.
Η αφήγηση μοιράζεται ανάμεσα σε δύο χρόνους, το παρελθόν και το παρόν. Το παρελθόν αφορά τα παιδικά χρόνια των δραστών, και την οικογενειακή τους ζωή που καλλιέργησε τους μελλοντικούς, ενήλικους εαυτούς τους. Το παρόν αφορά την περίοδο της δράσης τους, που θα μπορούσε να χαρακτηριστεί και ως θριαμβευτική. Και όσο διαβάζεις, δεν μπορείς να μην σκεφτείς πως πέρα από μια εγκληματική ιστορία, το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο αποτελεί και μια κοινωνιολογική και ψυχογραφική ανάλυση. Μπορεί η "Στρατιωτική Ομάδα" ν' αποτελείται από μέλη θύτες, όμως στην πραγματικότητα έχουν υπάρξει και οι ίδιοι θύματα της δικής τους ζωής. Άραγε, μπορούμε απλά να τους κατακρίνουμε για τις πράξεις τους, ή μήπως, κάπου στο βάθος του ασυνείδητού μας, μπορούμε να τους αιτιολογήσουμε, αφού υπήρξε πρόσφορο έδαφος ώστε να μεταμορφωθούν σε κάτι που υπό άλλες συνθήκες δεν θα γινόντουσαν;
Το "Made in Sweden: Ο χορός της αρκούδας" είναι ένα βιβλίο που μιλάει για τη βία και το πως αυτή γεννάται και καλλιεργείται. Μπορεί να μην είναι κάτι που επικροτούμε, είναι όμως κάτι που ορισμένες φορές καλούμαστε να κατανοήσουμε. Όχι απαραίτητα να το δικαιολογήσουμε, αλλά να το καταλάβουμε. Ένα βιβλίο εξαιρετικά καλογραμμένο, με έντονη δράση, γρήγορη αφήγηση γεμάτη νεύρο, που σε καθηλώνει και σε παρασέρνει σε έναν κόσμο που μπορεί να είναι ολότελα διαφορετικός από τον δικό σου και όμως, μέσα στον οποίο μπορείς να βρεις στοιχεία που αναγνωρίζεις, έστω κι αν δεν είσαι σε θέση να ταυτιστείς μαζί τους. Μια ιστορία που αναμφίβολα αξίζει να διαβαστεί, όχι μόνο σε ένα πρώτο επίπεδο, αλλά και σε ένα δεύτερο, βαθύτερο, αναλύοντας τα γεγονότα που μαρτυρούν όχι μόνο την πορεία του ανθρώπου, αλλά και μιας ολόκληρης χώρας.
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April 6, 2016For some unknown reason I was slightly reluctant to start The Father. I think, as mentioned in some reviews before, the fact this novel was translated from Swedish and was set in Sweden made me a little anxious. My geography skills and knowledge of other cultures is somewhat lacking and I worried that I wouldn’t really be able to immerse myself in this novel due to the lack of info I know about Sweden. However I couldn’t have been more wrong and I wish I’d started reading this sooner. The Father is one of the best books I have ever read.
The Father is based upon the true story of Sweden’s most notorious bank robbers; a family of brothers and their father who commit some of the most audacious robberies the world has ever seen. Told through sections in the present and sections explaining the families past, The Father had me gripped from the very start. We follow the men as they start to plan the robberies and are with them right until the tense ending that had me strangely conflicted.
That was the best part about this book for me: I wanted the robbers to succeed. I was on their side the whole way through. I can’t believe that I was supporting their cause and thinking what they were doing was OK, but I was so sucked into their story and felt such intense feelings for the characters that I couldn’t help but cheer them on and punch the air when something went right. Strange, eh?! Never before have I wanted criminals to have such success!
As mentioned, the novel switches between past and present to great effect. Reading about the brothers and their younger years was really revealing and gave such a brilliant insight into why they turned into the people that they did. I have to admit though the scenes in the present were my favourite. I was in awe as I read about their intricate and incredible plans and wished I was a clever and daring as them!
I’m not sure if that was quite what the authors intended…that I would suddenly want to join the clan of robbers, but as I turned the final page of the novel I felt like I’d been on the most adrenalin-filled journey of my life. Not only do we follow the gang of brothers, we also follow a policeman, Broncks and his quest to find the infamous robbers and stop them in their tracks. He was a great secondary character and even though I felt as though I wanted him to fail (I can’t believe how strongly I supported the brothers!!) I was really intrigued reading about his past too and learning about him as a character.
I just wish I could read more and more and more! The Father is called Made In Sweden: Part One and so I am crossing my fingers and toes and everything else in the hope that there shall be a part two! I so desperately want to find out what happens to them all next and follow their journey even further.
I cannot express how much I loved this book. It’s haunting to think that what happened within those pages actually happened in real life and it makes it all the more shocking and thrilling. Anton Svennson is actually a name for two men; a scriptwriter and one of the brothers who didn’t get involved in the robberies…can you imagine? Your whole family becoming the country’s most notorious criminals and robbing banks at gun point…it just screams to be written about!
The writing is fabulous throughout and, for a book so long, there was never a moment that I felt a lull in the narrative or got bored reading. I was glued to page after page and didn’t want to put it down. I wish I could give this book to everyone to read. It really is an astounding book that I will read and reread for years to come.
The Father is a must-read novel for everyone.
The Father is based upon the true story of Sweden’s most notorious bank robbers; a family of brothers and their father who commit some of the most audacious robberies the world has ever seen. Told through sections in the present and sections explaining the families past, The Father had me gripped from the very start. We follow the men as they start to plan the robberies and are with them right until the tense ending that had me strangely conflicted.
That was the best part about this book for me: I wanted the robbers to succeed. I was on their side the whole way through. I can’t believe that I was supporting their cause and thinking what they were doing was OK, but I was so sucked into their story and felt such intense feelings for the characters that I couldn’t help but cheer them on and punch the air when something went right. Strange, eh?! Never before have I wanted criminals to have such success!
As mentioned, the novel switches between past and present to great effect. Reading about the brothers and their younger years was really revealing and gave such a brilliant insight into why they turned into the people that they did. I have to admit though the scenes in the present were my favourite. I was in awe as I read about their intricate and incredible plans and wished I was a clever and daring as them!
I’m not sure if that was quite what the authors intended…that I would suddenly want to join the clan of robbers, but as I turned the final page of the novel I felt like I’d been on the most adrenalin-filled journey of my life. Not only do we follow the gang of brothers, we also follow a policeman, Broncks and his quest to find the infamous robbers and stop them in their tracks. He was a great secondary character and even though I felt as though I wanted him to fail (I can’t believe how strongly I supported the brothers!!) I was really intrigued reading about his past too and learning about him as a character.
I just wish I could read more and more and more! The Father is called Made In Sweden: Part One and so I am crossing my fingers and toes and everything else in the hope that there shall be a part two! I so desperately want to find out what happens to them all next and follow their journey even further.
I cannot express how much I loved this book. It’s haunting to think that what happened within those pages actually happened in real life and it makes it all the more shocking and thrilling. Anton Svennson is actually a name for two men; a scriptwriter and one of the brothers who didn’t get involved in the robberies…can you imagine? Your whole family becoming the country’s most notorious criminals and robbing banks at gun point…it just screams to be written about!
The writing is fabulous throughout and, for a book so long, there was never a moment that I felt a lull in the narrative or got bored reading. I was glued to page after page and didn’t want to put it down. I wish I could give this book to everyone to read. It really is an astounding book that I will read and reread for years to come.
The Father is a must-read novel for everyone.
January 16, 2015
(Anders)Roslund en (Stefan)Thunberg, de eerste heeft al een aantal thrillers op zijn naam staan.
De tweede is scenarioschrijver. Samen schreven zij het boek Made in Sweden dat enige tijd geleden verscheen.
De drie broers Leo, Felix en Vincent bedenken op een dag een plan, zodat ze nooit meer geldzorgen zullen hebben. Niet veel later wordt dit alles werkelijkheid wanneer ze hun plan ten uitvoer brengen. De broers gaan samen met hun jeugdvriend Jasper de geschiedenis in als plegers van de grootste reeks bankovervallen aller tijden. Bijzonder detail is ook nog eens dat het allemaal waargebeurd is.
Made in Sweden is een bijzonder boek, het is geen standaardthriller. Het is een boek over een hechte familie. Drie broers die een enorm sterke band hebben en opgroeiden met een liefhebbende moeder en een vader die geweld niet schuwde. Een dikke pil van 729 pagina’s.
Kan een boek dat zo dik is spannend en boeiend zijn? Ja, absoluut! Van de eerste tot de laatste bladzijde. Dit boek is zo geweldig mooi en goed geschreven dat je jezelf er in zult verliezen en het je zo nu en dan de adem zal benemen. In verschillende delen neemt het boek ons mee in het heden en verleden en komen we steeds meer te weten over de broers hun gedrevenheid en de familiebanden waar de spanning zo nu en dan te snijden is. Natuurlijk beleven we ook samen met hen een golf van bankovervallen, die je op het puntje van je stoel doen zitten. En dan niet alleen de uitvoering ervan, maar ook de voorbereidingen vooraf.
En dan is er nog de rechercheur John Broncks, die in zijn loopbaan al vele zaken voorbij heeft zien komen, maar niet één zo verbijsterend als deze.
Dit boek is werkelijk waar smullen, als je er éénmaal in begonnen bent wil je alleen nog maar doorlezen en ben je blij dat als je de eerste 100 pagina’s gelezen hebt, je er nog ruim 600 tegoed hebt.
Een boek dat alles om je heen doet vergeten en film-waardig is. Het is dan ook niet zo gek dat Hollywood al snel op de loer lag en de filmrechten verkocht zijn aan Dreamworks van Steven Spielberg.
Ik kijk er naar uit, net als naar een volgend boek van dit fenomenale duo!
★★★★½
De tweede is scenarioschrijver. Samen schreven zij het boek Made in Sweden dat enige tijd geleden verscheen.
De drie broers Leo, Felix en Vincent bedenken op een dag een plan, zodat ze nooit meer geldzorgen zullen hebben. Niet veel later wordt dit alles werkelijkheid wanneer ze hun plan ten uitvoer brengen. De broers gaan samen met hun jeugdvriend Jasper de geschiedenis in als plegers van de grootste reeks bankovervallen aller tijden. Bijzonder detail is ook nog eens dat het allemaal waargebeurd is.
Made in Sweden is een bijzonder boek, het is geen standaardthriller. Het is een boek over een hechte familie. Drie broers die een enorm sterke band hebben en opgroeiden met een liefhebbende moeder en een vader die geweld niet schuwde. Een dikke pil van 729 pagina’s.
Kan een boek dat zo dik is spannend en boeiend zijn? Ja, absoluut! Van de eerste tot de laatste bladzijde. Dit boek is zo geweldig mooi en goed geschreven dat je jezelf er in zult verliezen en het je zo nu en dan de adem zal benemen. In verschillende delen neemt het boek ons mee in het heden en verleden en komen we steeds meer te weten over de broers hun gedrevenheid en de familiebanden waar de spanning zo nu en dan te snijden is. Natuurlijk beleven we ook samen met hen een golf van bankovervallen, die je op het puntje van je stoel doen zitten. En dan niet alleen de uitvoering ervan, maar ook de voorbereidingen vooraf.
En dan is er nog de rechercheur John Broncks, die in zijn loopbaan al vele zaken voorbij heeft zien komen, maar niet één zo verbijsterend als deze.
Dit boek is werkelijk waar smullen, als je er éénmaal in begonnen bent wil je alleen nog maar doorlezen en ben je blij dat als je de eerste 100 pagina’s gelezen hebt, je er nog ruim 600 tegoed hebt.
Een boek dat alles om je heen doet vergeten en film-waardig is. Het is dan ook niet zo gek dat Hollywood al snel op de loer lag en de filmrechten verkocht zijn aan Dreamworks van Steven Spielberg.
Ik kijk er naar uit, net als naar een volgend boek van dit fenomenale duo!
★★★★½
March 31, 2016
Normally I don’t read books like ‘The Father’. I read crime books, mysteries and detectives but a based-on-a-true-event crime novel, written through the eyes of the ‘criminals’ is definitely a first for me. But this book just sounded so good, and the cover looked amazing, I decided it was time to try out a book like this.
Although this book is very different than my normal reads, I was hooked to the pages from the moment I started reading. The authors definitely have a special way of writing and I was completely intrigued by it. This book alters between the past and the present, and it alters between the point of view of all the main characters. That sounds like a confusing part, but for this book it really worked perfectly.
On the front of my review copy of ‘The Father’, it says: “How does a child become a criminal? How does a father lose a son?”. And throughout this book, we get the answers to these questions.
We get to read parts of the bank robbers, Leo, Felix and Vincent’s youth, which really made me feel for them. And yes I know they are supposed to be the ‘bad’ guys, but they were also really human to me. Greedy and out of control.. Yes, but they didn’t sound like these truly terribly and angry people. Throughout everything they were brothers at first. Brothers who had a terrible example as a father and who taught them violence.
Reading about the robberies and about the detective wo was trying to catch them, it was really thrilling an nerve wrecking. On the one hand I was rooting for the detective to catch those robbers, but on the other hand I was rooting for Leo, Felix and Vincent. These authors definitely did a great job with making you think all kinds of things. In the end I almost didn’t know who I wanted to win.
From the moment I started reading this book, I just didn’t want to stop. I really wanted to know how this story would end. And I wasn’t satisfied until I reached the very end of the book and knew what happened.
‘The Father’ was definitely a great read. It was different, thrilling, confusing and definitely just very good.
Although this book is very different than my normal reads, I was hooked to the pages from the moment I started reading. The authors definitely have a special way of writing and I was completely intrigued by it. This book alters between the past and the present, and it alters between the point of view of all the main characters. That sounds like a confusing part, but for this book it really worked perfectly.
On the front of my review copy of ‘The Father’, it says: “How does a child become a criminal? How does a father lose a son?”. And throughout this book, we get the answers to these questions.
We get to read parts of the bank robbers, Leo, Felix and Vincent’s youth, which really made me feel for them. And yes I know they are supposed to be the ‘bad’ guys, but they were also really human to me. Greedy and out of control.. Yes, but they didn’t sound like these truly terribly and angry people. Throughout everything they were brothers at first. Brothers who had a terrible example as a father and who taught them violence.
Reading about the robberies and about the detective wo was trying to catch them, it was really thrilling an nerve wrecking. On the one hand I was rooting for the detective to catch those robbers, but on the other hand I was rooting for Leo, Felix and Vincent. These authors definitely did a great job with making you think all kinds of things. In the end I almost didn’t know who I wanted to win.
From the moment I started reading this book, I just didn’t want to stop. I really wanted to know how this story would end. And I wasn’t satisfied until I reached the very end of the book and knew what happened.
‘The Father’ was definitely a great read. It was different, thrilling, confusing and definitely just very good.
May 29, 2016
The Father: Made in Sweden, Part I by Anton Svensson, translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel.
The Father, part one of a two-novel series is a work of fiction inspired by a true story of three brothers and a best friend who committed a string of daredevil bank robberies across Sweden in the 1990s.
None of them have ever committed a crime before and are all under the age of 24.
This fabulous crime thriller is actually written by the fourth brother (real life), who never committed any crimes and grew up to become a screenwriter.
I should add that Anton Svensson is a pseudonym for Anders Roslund, an award winning investigative journalist and Stefan Thunberg is the real life brother and one of Scandinavia's most celebrated screenwriters.
After saying all of the above...it is a fantastic read...not only a crime story but also how family dysfunction can play a major part in some of our personalities which cause people to just continue the abuse and react to live in the same way as the abuser.
The man in those pictures solved his problems like a child in an adult world, and that was why he was successful---thinking in ways the cops didn't and getting around their roadblocks using the kind of magic tricks you'd find wrapped in a box under the Christmas tree. The police knew how to deal with adult criminals, but not this, an inventiveness as fascinating as it was unpleasant.
I'll say it again....IF you love crime and thrillers...you will LOVE The Father
The Father, part one of a two-novel series is a work of fiction inspired by a true story of three brothers and a best friend who committed a string of daredevil bank robberies across Sweden in the 1990s.
None of them have ever committed a crime before and are all under the age of 24.
This fabulous crime thriller is actually written by the fourth brother (real life), who never committed any crimes and grew up to become a screenwriter.
I should add that Anton Svensson is a pseudonym for Anders Roslund, an award winning investigative journalist and Stefan Thunberg is the real life brother and one of Scandinavia's most celebrated screenwriters.
After saying all of the above...it is a fantastic read...not only a crime story but also how family dysfunction can play a major part in some of our personalities which cause people to just continue the abuse and react to live in the same way as the abuser.
The man in those pictures solved his problems like a child in an adult world, and that was why he was successful---thinking in ways the cops didn't and getting around their roadblocks using the kind of magic tricks you'd find wrapped in a box under the Christmas tree. The police knew how to deal with adult criminals, but not this, an inventiveness as fascinating as it was unpleasant.
I'll say it again....IF you love crime and thrillers...you will LOVE The Father
April 11, 2016
The Father Made in Sweden Part 1
By: Anton Svensson
Published By: Querus
Copy Courtesy of Goodreads Giveaway
Reviewed By: tk
Inspired by a true story!
A story based on three brothers that became known as notorious Swedish bank robbers of all time. International media thought them to be brilliant masterminds although they were all under the age of 24. The story was written by a journalist with the help of the fourth brother.
An incredible journey throughout for these young boys. A violent abusive father and a forgiving mother were just the beginning. The relationships that they shaped, torn apart and remade will have you shaking your head many times. It’s amazing that even though they ended up doing the unthinkable for most people, it seemed as a solution to their problems were right at their fingertips. They would not fail.
Deeper within the story you will understand the lengths these boys had to go to for survival. What is the final straw before you kill a parent? Who really survives? Can out come to terms, and live with the decisions you are forced to make? These are questions I asked myself, and I am sure you will also experience as you walk along with the most amazing tale I’ve read in a long time.
4/5
By: Anton Svensson
Published By: Querus
Copy Courtesy of Goodreads Giveaway
Reviewed By: tk
Inspired by a true story!
A story based on three brothers that became known as notorious Swedish bank robbers of all time. International media thought them to be brilliant masterminds although they were all under the age of 24. The story was written by a journalist with the help of the fourth brother.
An incredible journey throughout for these young boys. A violent abusive father and a forgiving mother were just the beginning. The relationships that they shaped, torn apart and remade will have you shaking your head many times. It’s amazing that even though they ended up doing the unthinkable for most people, it seemed as a solution to their problems were right at their fingertips. They would not fail.
Deeper within the story you will understand the lengths these boys had to go to for survival. What is the final straw before you kill a parent? Who really survives? Can out come to terms, and live with the decisions you are forced to make? These are questions I asked myself, and I am sure you will also experience as you walk along with the most amazing tale I’ve read in a long time.
4/5
June 13, 2016
Read for the 666 for 2016 - An Around the World Reading Challenge
Not for the faint hearted, this book packs a punch combining marital abuse, arson, robbery, alcohol abuse....but its the intricacy of the crimes committed that leaves you somewhat in awe of 3 brothers with no previous criminal activities on their wrap sheet, and therefore no footprint for the detective to hunt.
This was a compelling read that had me completely hooked from the start.
Co-written by a brother of 3 men who committed ten bank robberies in Sweden, the book switches viewpoint between, ‘then’ and ‘now,’ which creates a violent but brilliantly written novel.
Not for the faint hearted, this book packs a punch combining marital abuse, arson, robbery, alcohol abuse....but its the intricacy of the crimes committed that leaves you somewhat in awe of 3 brothers with no previous criminal activities on their wrap sheet, and therefore no footprint for the detective to hunt.
This was a compelling read that had me completely hooked from the start.
Co-written by a brother of 3 men who committed ten bank robberies in Sweden, the book switches viewpoint between, ‘then’ and ‘now,’ which creates a violent but brilliantly written novel.
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