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Summary : A Man Called Ove: Book by Fredrik Backman
A Man Called Ove is a biographical novel written by Fredrik Backman about a man named Ove and his life.
Ove was a simple man who tried to live the simplest life he possibly could. He worked in a factory for as long as he could remember and was satisfied with his life. But after several events happened, one of them being the death of his wife, Ove decided to end his life. He tried to commit suicide on several occasions, but every attempt ended unsuccessfully. However, everything changed after some foreigners decided to move into the house next to his.
It is the story about the life of a man who just could not fit in. His mindset and the way he lived was different from the lives of other people. His love for numbers and order to the point of obsession drove Ove to become a hermit. The novel is written in the style of a memoir, a reminiscing of the past life of a man who slowly embraced his fate as his life comes to its inevitable end. Filled with strong emotions of pain, loneliness, and the “good ol’ days,’’ A Man Called Ove is a drama that will leave no one indifferent. It is a novel in which the author wants to show to his readers that the life of a grumpy, old, and bitter man was once filled with colors other than just black and white.
Get a copy, and learn everything about A Man Called Ove .
Ove was a simple man who tried to live the simplest life he possibly could. He worked in a factory for as long as he could remember and was satisfied with his life. But after several events happened, one of them being the death of his wife, Ove decided to end his life. He tried to commit suicide on several occasions, but every attempt ended unsuccessfully. However, everything changed after some foreigners decided to move into the house next to his.
It is the story about the life of a man who just could not fit in. His mindset and the way he lived was different from the lives of other people. His love for numbers and order to the point of obsession drove Ove to become a hermit. The novel is written in the style of a memoir, a reminiscing of the past life of a man who slowly embraced his fate as his life comes to its inevitable end. Filled with strong emotions of pain, loneliness, and the “good ol’ days,’’ A Man Called Ove is a drama that will leave no one indifferent. It is a novel in which the author wants to show to his readers that the life of a grumpy, old, and bitter man was once filled with colors other than just black and white.
Get a copy, and learn everything about A Man Called Ove .
30 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 23, 2017
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June 5, 2020
I really enjoyed this book. It has this suttle humor and yet very emotional. Its a beautiful price of literature and a reminded that, often things aren't as they seem. A man whose heart seems shut off from the world, begins to reopen and share love in his way, Ove's way.
April 8, 2023
Omg this book. It’s so boring and I really had a hard time getting through it. Read it for a book club I’m in. There’s no real point at all then story just keeps going on and on getting more and more depressing and ridiculous. And then it just ends. Good lord save yourself the pain
April 5, 2021
One of the best books to come out in a long time.
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