A roller coaster of emotions this one. It was a long wait and when I finally got it I finished it in one day. As it is very hard to get new and popular books in the library I decided to make a reservation. It was the end of July and I got it in January, so I was waiting six months for it (I was eight in the waiting line, so I knew it would take a while to get it, but I was patient :) ).
I don't know if I was more emotional than usual when I read this book, but as I said, it was a roller coaster of emotions this reading. First I was laughing, than I was crying, then laughing and again crying and so on. And when I read it I begun to annoy my relatives with the book, telling them they should read it, that it is so funny and we can have it at home just a month, because of the waiting line behind me, so they better start read it.
Original title is En man som hetter Ove and if you want to know why I liked it so much you will have to read it, but in the meantime here is a short describtion. 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.
“People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had.”
“All people want to live dignified live; dignity just means something different to different people.”
“Maybe to her destiny was "something"; that was none of his business. But to him, destiny was "someone.”
“Loving someone is like moving into a house,” Sonja used to say. “At first you fall in love with all the new things, amazed every morning that all this belongs to you, as if fearing that someone would suddenly come rushing in through the door to explain that a terrible mistake had been made, you weren’t actually supposed to live in a wonderful place like this. Then over the years the walls become weathered, the wood splinters here and there, and you start to love that house not so much because of all its perfection, but rather for its imperfections. You get to know all the nooks and crannies. How to avoid getting the key caught in the lock when it’s cold outside. Which of the floorboards flex slightly when one steps on them or exactly how to open the wardrobe doors without them creaking. These are the little secrets that make it your home.”
“And time is a curious thing. Most of us only live for the time that lies right ahead of us. A few days, weeks, years. One of the most painful moments in a person's life probably comes with the insight that an age has been reached when there is more to look back on than ahead. And when time no longer lies ahead of one, other things have to be lived for. Memories, perhaps.”I will say it again, in case you didn't cach it already :) I really like this book. It is a love story, a story of friendship and a story about life.
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