Book called a man called ove5/22/2023 The whole novel hinges upon his grief at the death of his wife, but I can’t imagine a charming, pleasant person like Sonja marrying an obnoxious asshole like Ove. There is absolutely nothing likable about him. The problem is that life is so bad with Ove around. In between yelling at people for driving into a no-vehicle area, obsessively checking the neighborhood for burglaries, and shouting about how the world is trying to cheat him, Ove learns to open up to the people in his life and realize that maybe life isn’t so bad after all. Distraught at her loss, Ove attempts on several occasions to commit suicide, only to be interrupted by various neighbors-chief among them a pregnant Iranian named Sarvaneh, who is new to the neighborhood-who need him to fix something for them or drive them somewhere or adopt a cat. The novel follows a grouchy old man called Ove whose cheerful wife Sonja died six months previously. I wrote very in-depth discussion questions for book club that you can check out here. I have absolutely no idea why, and I’ve thought a lot about it. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is an inexplicable bestseller that receives almost unanimously rave reviews.
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