Week #25 – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Welcome to 2023!  On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!

Week #25 – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, 2012

This is Fredrik Backman’s first novel. 

Set in Sweden

Ove is a cranky old man who recently lost his wife and believes he has nothing to live for except perhaps enforcing the neighborhood rules. He has strong principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. One November morning, a young couple with two daughters move in next door and accidentally run over Ove's mailbox, which is the beginning of change for the entire neighborhood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_Called_Ove_(novel)

The book was made into a Swedish movie in 2015

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4080728/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
 

Stockholm

And a US movie set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, A Man Called Otto, with Tom Hanks in 2022

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=ttpl_ov

Pittsburgh

Here is a comparison of the two movies

https://collider.com/a-man-called-otto-a-man-called-ove-movie-differences/

This isn’t the sort of book I usually read but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Have you read the book or seen either movie? Tell us in the comments!