A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman Miren and Bittori have lived

Miren and Bittori have lived side by side in a small Basque town all their lives

Translator: Boris Dralyuk

one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba – the catastrophe that led to the displacement and expulsion of more than 700

he dreams of his late father

the cosy Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests: The father who could not allow his daughter to get married

A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman Miren and Bittori have livedOve is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots joggers, neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly and shop assistants who talk in code. But isn't it rare, these days, to find such old fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so? In the end, you will see, there is something about Ove that is