A Man Called Ove Book Summary
A heart condition has forced ove a 59 year old widower into early retirement.
A man called ove book summary. In the mornings he walks around the territory of the village where his house is located. The story moves back and forth between ove s childhood and his life as a fifty nine year old man in sweden. Swedish author fredrik backman s 2012 novel a man called ove tells the darkly humorous story of ove a 59 year old swedish man struggling to find purpose in his life. After losing his job ove plans to kill himself.
Any disorder makes him furious an abandoned cigarette butt an improperly parked car toys scattered in the sandbox. Winner of the 2014 bookbrowse debut author award. A man called ove by fredrik backman is a novel titled after its cranky but quietly heroic protagonist. Ove s mother died when he was eight so ove lived with his father and began working at the railway with him.
Written by anastasia melnyk this book is about the old man ove who at first sight seems like a typical grumbling grandfather. Now lacking purpose and overwhelmed by grief for his late wife ove finds himself contemplating suicide. When the book opens ove s wife sonja has recently died.