

In the beginning, Ove was described as a man who lost hope and sought death because his beloved wife died of cancer and got fired from a company that he had served for over 40 years.

In 2015, this book was adapted into a film and was nominated for the 89th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Īs the name suggests, this book mainly talked about a man named Ove. It remained on the bestseller list for 42 weeks. About A Man Called Oveįredrik Backman's debut novel, A Man Called Ove was a huge hit when it was released and translated into more than 25 languages. More importantly, most of them made the New York Times bestseller list, and A Man Called Ove is the number one bestseller in Sweden. Later, he wrote Things My Son Needs to Know about the World in 2012, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Story in 2013, Britt-Marie Was Here in 2014, Us Against You in 2018, Anxious People in 2020, and The Winners in 2022. A Man Called Ove is his debut novel published in 2012 and got him famous all over the world. About the Authorīorn in 1981, Fredrik Backman is one of the most famous authors, bloggers, and columnists in Swedish. Today, this blog will offer you a thorough introduction to this book and the author. A Man Called Ove is a novel by Swedish writer Fredrik Backman, which makes him the New York Times bestselling author.
