Nafise’s Reviews > A Man Called Ove > Status Update

In their almost 4 decades together Sonja taught hundreds of pupils with learning difficulties to read and write, .... In the same period she never managed to make Ove read a single Shakespeare play. But as soon as they moved into their row house he spent every evening for weeks on end in the toolshed. And when he was done, the most beautiful bookcase she had ever seen were in their living room.

"Ove is the sort of man who checks the status of all things by giving them a good kick."