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'This is a stunning read that plunges you into another world.
Backman writes with incredible sensitivity and insight. Every one
of the characters is real and multi-faceted, having you
breathlessly turning the pages, following their fears and hopes,
fretting for their futures. This is storytelling at its best:
Emotional, vivid, wise and utterly brilliant' Hazel Prior 'It's
often said that winners write history, but there are no winners
here' This is a small story about big questions. It's a story about
family, community, life. It starts with a storm - and a death. But
how does it end? Two years have passed since the events that no one
wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's
something about this place that prevents it. The residents continue
to grapple with life's big questions: What is a family? What is a
community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in
order to protect them? As the locals of Beartown struggle to
overcome the past, great change is on the horizon. Someone is
coming home after a long time away. Someone will be laid to rest.
Someone will fall in love, someone will try to fix their marriage,
and someone will do anything to save their children. Someone will
submit to hate, someone will fight, and someone will grab a gun and
walk towards the ice rink. So what are the residents of Beartown
willing to sacrifice for their home? Everything. Praise for the
Beartown books: 'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown,
and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' Jojo Moyes
'Surrounded by impenetrable forests, Beartown recreates the
stifling atmosphere of a dying community. A mature, compassionate
novel' Sunday Times 'Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on
the heart strings when he needs to, and is a clever enough
storyteller to not overindulge in either' Independent 'As popular
Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg
Larsson' The New York Times Book Review 'Backman is a masterful
writer' Kirkus Review
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The Winners
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Return to the close-knit, resilient community of Beartown with this
"engrossing page-turner" (Woman's World) about first loves, second
chances, and last goodbyes--from the #1 New York Times bestselling
author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Over the course of
two weeks, everything in Beartown will change. Two years have
passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone
has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that
prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer
storm reignites the old rivalry between Beartown and the
neighboring town of Hed, a rivalry which has always been fought
through their ice hockey teams. Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two
young people who left in search of a better life, come home and
joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a
new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the
impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake.
Maya's parents, meanwhile, are caught up in an investigation of the
hockey club's murky finances, and Amat--once the star of the
Beartown team--has lost his way after an injury and a failed
attempt to get drafted into the NHL. Simmering tensions between the
two towns turn into acts of intimidation and then violence. All the
while, a fourteen-year-old boy grows increasingly alienated from
this hockey-obsessed community and is determined to take revenge on
the people he holds responsible for his beloved sister's death. He
has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that
is almost more that it can stand. Discover what it means to forgive
with this "hell of a conclusion to an outstanding series"
(Booklist, starred review).
¿Alguna vez has visto a un pueblo derrumbarse? El nuestro lo hizo.
¿Alguna vez ha viso a un pueblo levantarse? El nuestro lo hizo,
también. Una pequeña comunidad ubicada en los más profundo del
bosque, Beartown es el hogar de gente dura, trabajadora, que no
esperan que la vida sea fácil o justa. Sin importar la dificultad
del momento, ellos siempre se han sentido orgullosos de su equipo
local de hockey sobre hielo. Por eso, cuando se enteran de que el
equipo de Beartown pronto podrÃa desintegrarse, la noticia los
golpea con crueldad. Lo que empeora las cosas es la satisfacción
obvia de todos jugadores anteriores de Beartwon (que ahora juegan
en el equipo rival del pueblo vecino de Hed) ante la noticia.
Mientras crece la tensión entre los dos adversarios, un recién
llegado le da al equipo de Beartown un nuevo entrenador y una
oportunidad de volver a jugar. Pronto, el equipo empieza a tomar
forma alrededor de Amat, el jugador más rápido que se haya visto;
Benji, el intenso lobo solitario; el solÃcito y complaciente Bobo;
y Vidar, el problemático nacido para ser un mal muchacho. Pero
unir a este grupo resulta un reto, ya que los lazos que los unÃan
se han roto, se tienen que crear nuevos vÃnculos y la enemistad
del pueblo con Hed se hace más y más intensa. Mientras el gran
partido se acerca, se van acumulando las no tan inocentes bromas e
incidentes entre las comunidades, y el desprecio mutuo se
intensifica. Para cuando el último gol entre en la porterÃa, un
residente de Beartwon estará muerto, y la gente de ambos pueblos
se verá forzada a preguntarse si, después de todo, el deporte que
aman puede algún dÃa volver a ser tan simple e inocente como una
pista de hielo, dos redes y dos equipos. Nosotros contra ustedes.
He aquà una declaración de amor por todas las historias, grandes
y pequeñas, luminosas y oscuras, que dan forma y color a nuestras
comunidades. Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. Have you
ever seen a town rise? Ours did that, too. A small community tucked
deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people
who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult
times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local
ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown
ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the
obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now
play for a rival team in the neighboring town of Hed, take in that
fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer
arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising new coach and a
chance at a comeback. Soon a team starts to take shape around Amat,
the fastest player you'll ever see; Benji, the intense lone wolf;
always dutiful and eager-to-please Bobo; and Vidar, a
born-to-be-bad troublemaker. But bringing this team together proves
to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and
the town's enmity with Hed grows more and more acute. As the big
game approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between
the communities pile up and their mutual contempt intensifies. By
the time the last goal is scored, a resident of Beartown will be
dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if,
after everything, the game they love can ever return to something
as simple and innocent as a field of ice, two nets, and two teams.
Us against you. Here is a declaration of love for all the big and
small, bright and dark stories that give form and color to our
communities. With immense compassion and insight, Fredrik
Backman--"the Dickens of our age" (Green Valley News)--reveals how
loyalty, friendship, and kindness can carry a town through its most
challenging days.
The million-copy bestselling phenomenon, Fredrik Backman's
heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and
community that will leave you with a spring in your step. Perfect
for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,
Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project and David Nicholl's US. Soon to
be a major film starring Tom Hanks New York Times bestseller 'Warm,
funny, and almost unbearably moving' Daily Mail 'Rescued all those
men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it'
Spectator Books of the Year At first sight, Ove is almost certainly
the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded
by idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly,
joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of
the vicious coup d'etat that ousted him as Chairman of the
Residents' Association. He will persist in making his daily
inspection rounds of the local streets. 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 quite irresistible...
The funny, touching and unpredictable No. 1 New York Times
bestseller, now a major Netflix TV series 'A brilliant and
comforting read' MATT HAIG 'Funny, compassionate and wise. An
absolute joy' A.J. PEARCE 'A surefooted insight into the absurdity,
beauty and ache of life' GUARDIAN 'I laughed, I sobbed, I
recommended it to literally everyone I know' BUZZFEED 'Captures the
messy essence of being human' WASHINGTON POST From the 18 million
copy internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove _______
It's New Year's Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an
open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank
robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage. For Anna-Lena
and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their
marriage, it's something else to talk about. For Julia and Ro,
panicky parents-to-be, it's yet another worry. Lonely bank manager
Zara only came here for the view. While 87-year-old grandmother
Estelle seems rather pleased by the company . . . As the police
gather outside, the anxious strangers huddled within try to make
the best of a very sticky situation - but could it be that they
have a whole lot more in common than meets the eye? _______ Readers
are loving Anxious People! 'Backman never disappoints . . .
heartwarming and multi layered' 5***** READER REVIEW 'As always
Backman manages to delight . . . a really satisfying ending that
makes you feel better about the world' 5***** READER REVIEW 'A
wonderfully unusual tale, told with flair and finesse that is so
wonderful it is sure to cure everything that ails you. Don't miss
out on this beautiful book' 5***** READER REVIEW 'This novel is
about humanity at its most raw and at its most wonderful and I
LOVED it!' 5***** READER REVIEW
'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt
ripped apart by the events in the book' JOJO MOYES WHAT DOES IT
TAKE TO STAND TOGETHER? ‘It’s often said that winners
write history, but there are no winners here’ This is a small
story about big questions. It's a story about family, community,
life. It starts with a storm - and a death. But how
does it end?  Two years have passed since the events
that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on,
but there’s something about this place that prevents it. The
residents continue to grapple with life’s big questions: What is
a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we
willing to sacrifice in order to protect them? As the locals of
Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the
horizon. Someone is coming home after a long time away. Someone
will be laid to rest. Someone will fall in love, someone will try
to fix their marriage, and someone will do anything to save their
children. Someone will submit to hate, someone will fight, and
someone will grab a gun and walk towards the ice rink. So what are
the residents of Beartown willing to sacrifice for their home?
Everything. PRAISE FOR THE BEARTOWN BOOKS: 'This is a stunning read
that plunges you into another world. Backman writes with incredible
sensitivity and insight. Every one of the characters is real and
multi-faceted, having you breathlessly turning the pages, following
their fears and hopes, fretting for their futures. This is
storytelling at its best: Emotional, vivid, wise and utterly
brilliant' HAZEL PRIOR 'Surrounded by impenetrable forests,
Beartown recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. A
mature, compassionate novel' SUNDAY TIMES 'Backman can tickle the
funny bone and tug on the heart strings when he needs to, and is a
clever enough storyteller to not overindulge in either' INDEPENDENT
'As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and
Stieg Larsson' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Backman is a
masterful writer' KIRKUS REVIEW
The tender and moving novella from the author of A Man Called Ove
and Anxious People 'I read this beautifully imagined and moving
novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with
everyone I know' Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of
Still Alice _________ Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a
square that keeps getting smaller every day. As they wait together
on the bench, they tell jokes and discuss their shared love of
mathematics. Grandpa recalls what it was like to fall in love with
his wife, what it was like to lose her. She's as real to him now as
the first day he met her, but he dreads the day when he won't
remember her. Sometimes Grandpa sits on the bench next to Ted,
Noah's father - Ted who never liked maths, prefers writing and
playing guitar, and has waited his entire life for his father to
have time for him, to accept him. But in their love of Noah, they
have found a common bond. Grandpa, Ted and Noah all meet here, in
this peculiar space that is growing dimmer and more confusing all
the time. And here is where they will learn to say goodbye, the
scent of hyacinths in the air, nothing to fear. _________ 'Winsome,
bittersweet . . . Wise and heartbreaking, Backman's slim novella
celebrates the joy of connecting even in the midst of letting go'
People Magazine
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Us Against You (Paperback)
Fredrik Backman; Contributions by Neil Smith
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The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film
starring Tom Hanks Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny,
moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you
with a spring in your step 'Warm, funny, and almost unbearably
moving' Daily Mail At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the
grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by
idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly, joggers,
shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the
vicious coup d'etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents'
Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds
of the local streets. 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 quite irresistible... 'Rescued all
those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to
it' Spectator Books of the Year
'THE PERFECT HOLIDAY READ' Evening Standard 'A JOY FROM START TO
FINISH' - Gavin Extence, author of THE UNIVERSE VERSUS ALEX WOODS
There is something about Ove. At first sight, he is almost
certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself
surrounded by idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer
properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the
perpetrators of the vicious coup d'etat that ousted him as Chairman
of the Residents' Association. He will persist in making his daily
inspection rounds of the local streets. 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 quite irresistible... The
word-of-mouth bestseller causing a sensation across Europe, Fredrik
Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of
love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step -
and less ready to judge on first impressions a man you might one
day wish to have as your dearest friend.
FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ANXIOUS PEOPLE
AND A MAN CALLED OVE, FREDRIK BACKMAN **NOW A MAJOR HBO TV SERIES**
'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown and felt ripped
apart by the events in the book' JOJO MOYES 'I couldn't put it
down. Heart-rending and engrossing' 5***** Reader Review _________
In a large Swedish forest, Beartown hides a dark secret . . .
Cut-off from everywhere else, it experiences the kind of isolation
that tears people apart. And each year, more and more of the town
is swallowed by the forest. Then the town is offered a bright new
future. But it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act. It
divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and
forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justice done.
Who will speak up? Could you stand by and stay silent? Or would you
risk everything for justice? Which side would you be on? _________
'A mature, compassionate novel' Sunday Times 'You'll love this
engrossing novel' People 'You know a book is good when you don't
want it to end' 5***** reader review PRAISE FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE 'A
brilliant and comforting read' MATT HAIG 'Funny, compassionate and
wise. An absolute joy' A.J. PEARCE 'A surefooted insight into the
absurdity, beauty and ache of life' GUARDIAN 'I laughed, I sobbed,
I recommended it to literally everyone I know' BUZZFEED 'Captures
the messy essence of being human' WASHINGTON POST
The captivating and moving follow-up to the international
bestseller Beartown, from the 18 million copy bestselling author of
Anxious People and A Man Called Ove 'I utterly believed in the
residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the
book' Jojo Moyes on Beartown ________ Can a broken town survive a
second tragedy? By the time the last goal is scored, someone in
Beartown will be dead . . . Us Against You is the story of two
towns, two teams and what it means to believe in something bigger
than yourself. It's about how people come together - sometimes in
anger, often in sorrow, but also through love. And how, when we
stand together, we can bring a town back to life. ________ Praise
for Fredrik Backman: 'A mature, compassionate novel' Sunday Times
'Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings
when he needs to, and is a clever enough storyteller to not
overindulge in either' Independent 'As popular Swedish exports go,
Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson' The New York Times
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Beartown (Paperback)
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In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from
Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned
on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon--the kind of man who points at people
he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom
window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short
fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But must Ove
be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile
plastered to his face all the time?
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when
one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young
daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox,
it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt
cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a
U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local
residents' association to their very foundations.
A feel-good story in the spirit of "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of
Harold Fry "and "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand," Fredrik Backman's
novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful and
charming exploration of the profound impact one life has on
countless others.
A must-read for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of
Harold Fry and Maria Semple's Where'd You Go,
BernadetteHeartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, by the
author of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon A Man Called
Ove will charm and delight anyone who has ever had a grandmother.
Everyone remembers the smell of their grandmother's house. Everyone
remembers the stories their grandmother told them.But does everyone
remember their grandmother flirting with policemen? Driving
illegally?Breaking into a zoo in the middle of the night? Firing a
paintball gun from a balcony in her dressing gown?Seven-year-old
Elsa does.Some might call Elsa's granny 'eccentric', or even
'crazy'. Elsa calls her a superhero. And granny's stories, of
knights and princesses and dragons and castles, are her superpower.
Because, as Elsa is starting to learn, heroes and villains don't
always exist in imaginary kingdoms; they could live just down the
hallway.As Christmas draws near, even the best superhero
grandmothers may have one or two things they'd like to apologise
for. And, in the process, Elsa can have some breath-taking
adventures of her own ...
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The Winners (Hardcover)
Fredrik Backman
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Things My Son Needs To Know About The World is a tender and funny
series of letters from a new father to his son about one of life's
most daunting experiences: parenthood From the 13 million copy
internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove ________
'You can be whatever you want to be, but that's nowhere near as
important as knowing that you can be exactly who you are' In
between the sleep-obsessed lows and oxytocin-fuelled highs, Backman
takes a step back to share his own experience of fatherhood and how
he navigates such unchartered territory. Part memoir, part manual,
part love letter to his son, this book relays the big and the small
lessons in life. As he watches his son take his first steps into
the world, he teaches him how to navigate both love - and IKEA -
and tries to explain why, sometimes, his dad might hold his hand
just a little bit too tightly. This is an irresistible and
insightful collection from one of the world's most beautiful
storytellers - the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and
Beartown. ________ Praise for Fredrick Backman: 'A mature,
compassionate novel' Sunday Times 'Will, funny, and almost
unbearably moving' Daily Mail 'You'll love this engrossing novel'
People 'Backman is a masterful writer' Kirkus Review
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