A Man Called Ove, takes you to the Swedish town and makes you laugh and cry and sometimes both. The book is about an old man and his journey from his simple childhood to a struggling life. The man who lost his wife, Sonja to cancer, and wants nothing more than to kill himself in peace. First, he keeps getting interrupted by his neighbors and later, he fixes everything right. The trouble is all these people need his help. Ove can’t turn his back and annoy his wife. As he helps the neighbors, he reflects his memories of his time living with Sonja.
In the opening scenes, he is yelling at an iPad sales clerk, like an irate elder man who can’t get with times. But when you learn everything that led to it, you’ll find so many connections. Ove has so many levels to him you will lose count trying to guess what he might do in any given situation. His reactions will annoy you, irritate you beyond belief. But gradually you’ll see the stones turning. OVE is a man of order of life. A man of very few relationships, but the very few he loved, he can build an empire for them. He liked to understand, learn and create things by himself. Like what he thought, he could do. The anecdotes and flashbacks spread throughout the story tell us how he came to be the man he is; wonderful yet complex.
It’s not what the story is about, but what it leaves with you that makes you love the book.
- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Sceptre (7 May 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9781444775815
- ISBN-13: 978-1444775815
- ASIN: 1444775812
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm
- Customer Reviews: 15,836 customer ratings
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in Action & Adventure (Books)
- #9 in Society & Culture (Books)
- #3 in Humour (Books)
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