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Tag Archives: Fredrik Backman
The Answer is No
I’ve gotten to really like Fredrik Backman this year, and by happy luck his short story “The Answer is No” was available as a ‘first read’ for Amazon prime subscribers. It’s the story of a happy loner named Lucas, who … Continue reading →
Anxious People
The scene: an apartment showing, the day before New Year’s. The apartment is filled with people, and then enters one more: a masked individual wielding a gun, panicked. They’ve just tried to rob a bank, only the bank is a … Continue reading →
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Tagged death and dying, fathers and sons, Fredrik Backman, humor, marriage and family, Sweden
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A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove© 2012 Fredrik Backman368 pages Ove is a simple man. He likes to wake early, patrol the neighborhood and look for trouble, take care of what needs fixing, grouse about people not doing things properly, and then … Continue reading →
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Tagged death and dying, Fredrik Backman, humor, lit in translation, love, love stories, mental health-illness, quotations
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