Un hombre llamado Ove / A Man Called Ove

from bell7

Ove, age fifty-nine recently widowed and let go from his job, just wants to die in peace but life keeps getting in the way: namely, the new family that just moved in and others in the neighborhood keep needing his help and interrupting his suicide attempts. Can't a man die in peace? But as Ove's ...

from cathyskye

This is a book that I'd managed to ignore for almost a year. When I keep seeing the same title over and over again on the book websites and blogs that I frequent, I tend to go into avoidance mode. Hype makes me suspicious. It wasn't until recently when someone whose opinion I trust recommended th...

from JoniMFisher

This book embodies the strongest narrative voice of any book I've read in decades. The reader becomes intimately in tune with the wonderful, quirky personality of this unintentional iconoclast. This wonderful, surprising story deepens with each chapter, revealing the reasons this grumpy old man b...

from secondhandrose

Each year I seem to find a charming, touching book set in a culture foreign to me. This was a lovely book.

from amcheri

I absolutely loved this book. Love it. Will read it again and again, I'm sure.