Fredrik Backman: مردی به نام اوه (Persian language, 2017)
356 Seiten
Persian language
Published 1. Januar 2017
A Man Called Ove (Swedish: En man som heter Ove, pronounced [ɛn ˈmanː sɔm ˈhěːtɛr ˈǔːvɛ]) is a debut novel by Swedish writer Fredrik Backman published in Swedish by Forum in 2012. The novel was published in English in 2013 and reached the New York Times Best Seller list 18 months after its publication and stayed on the list for 42 weeks. It has been adapted into two films: A Man Called Ove, which premiered in Sweden on 25 December 2015, with Rolf Lassgård in the leading role, and A Man Called Otto, released on 30 December 2022, with Tom Hanks in the leading role.
Ove does grow and change, and there are nice parts about found family, but he never reflects on his rude and sometimes violent behavior. I mean he throws a hurt cat into a snowbank and it almost froze to death until someone else rescued it!
After having spent months reading through a very long series, I was finding it hard to pick up and get through another book.
This book cured me. At once it is annoying and compelling - the main character is at once understandable, relatable and a little strange to us.
It's a great story which will stick with you... and after reading it, you can search out other material (there's one great movie, and another not so great version).
