Fredrik Backman
Autor(a) de A Man Called Ove
About the Author
Carl Fredrik Backman is a Swedish columnist who grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted in 2012 with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also the author of My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in mostrar mais his native Sweden and have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages. His title's, Beartown and Us Against You, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Fredrik Backman
A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here (2017) 16 cópias
Sebastian and the Troll 9 cópias
Something About Anxiety 1 exemplar(es)
Stories my Grandma told me 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Backman, Fredrik
- Nome de batismo
- Backman, Carl Fredrik
- Data de nascimento
- 1981-06-02
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Sweden
- Local de nascimento
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Locais de residência
- Helsingborg, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Solna, Sweden - Ocupação
- columnist
blogger
writer - Premiações
- European Film Awards for Best European Comedy (2016)
Vision's Author of the Year Award (2017)
LiveLib Readers' Choice Awards for Best Translated Fiction (2018)
The Piraten Award (2019)
LiveLib Readers' Choice Awards for Most Anticipated Novel (2019)
LiveLib Readers' Choice Awards for Best Translated Fiction (2019) (mostrar todas 7)
Ozon Book Awards for Best Fiction (2020) - Agente
- Tor Jonasson (Salomonsson Agency)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 17
- Membros
- 31,250
- Popularidade
- #630
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Resenhas
- 1,832
- ISBNs
- 515
- Idiomas
- 29
- Favorito
- 34
I turned the pages readily enough, but was unconvinced by almost everyone but the cat. I didn't believe in Parvaneh, friendly new neighbour. I didn't quite believe in Ove's wife Sonja. Would she really have chosen him as her life-time partner? I wasn't sure about his on-off (mainly off) relationship with his neighbour Rune either. But most of all, I didn't believe that Ove would turn from irritable and irritating to everyone's favourite grandfather in the space of about three weeks.
A decent enough beach read, but this whimsical tale was far to fey to appeal to me. I read it a week ago, and have had trouble remembering it well enough to review it.… (mais)